Dark Muk 16/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Team Rocket Returns is a set in the EX series. It was released on November 1, 2004. The printed size is 109. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Dark Muk is 16/109, in position 16 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 15 Dark Dragonite, and after it is 17 Dark Raticate. The listed rarity is Rare.

Dark Muk is a Stage 1 Grass Darkness Pokémon with 80 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).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 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 is named Muk, while this one is Dark Muk. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 29 other cards of Muk list a different HP.

Sticky Goo is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Dark Muk is your Active Pokémon, your opponent pays ColorlessColorless more to retreat his or her Active Pokémon. The attack Slimy Water lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Does 10 damage times the number of Colorless Energy in the Defending Pokémon's Retreat Cost (after applying effects to the Retreat Cost). Acidic Poison is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Burned and Poisoned. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: This Pokémon is both Grass Darkness type.

I keep a set binder for Team Rocket Returns, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Rocket Returns set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Muk can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards and Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.