Grimer 57/82 · Team Rocket

Grimer is Pokédex #088, generation 1 (Kanto). Grimer is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 10. The card lists Muk, Muk (#089) under evolves to.

Grimer sits at 57/82 in Team Rocket, position 57 of 83. Before it is 56 Ekans, and after it is 58 Koffing. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Poison Gas lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Sticky Hands is another attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Grass, Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 20 more damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed; if tails, this attack does 10 damage. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It has recently been found that Grimers are formed in waste-processing plants, and can move into towns via sewers."

Grimer (#088) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Grimer 48/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Grimer list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Rocket set binder is where a full Team Rocket set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Grimer can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.