Muk 53/99 · Next Destinies

Next Destinies is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on February 8, 2012. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. Muk is 53/99, in position 53 of 103 on this checklist. Before it is 52 Grimer, and after it is 54 Mewtwo-EX. The listed rarity is Rare.

Muk is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Muk (#089), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Grimer. In this catalog that name is Grimer (#088).

match illustrated this card. The same name is on 143 other cards in the catalog.

Muk (#089) has 31 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 Muk 13/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 30 other cards of Muk list a different HP.

The attack Gentle Wrap lists 20 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Toxic Secretion is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on that Pokémon between turns. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "A toxic fluids seeps from its body. The fluid instantly kills plants and trees on contact."

I keep a set binder for Next Destinies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Next Destinies set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Muk can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.