Koga's Grimer 78/132 · Gym Challenge

Grimer is Pokédex #088, generation 1 (Kanto). Koga's Grimer is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 19. The card lists Muk, Muk (#089) under evolves to.

Koga's Grimer sits at 78/132 in Gym Challenge, position 78 of 132. Before it is 77 Koga's Ekans, and after it is 79 Koga's Koffing. The set belongs to the Gym series. It was released on October 16, 2000. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Sludge Grip lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with the Defending Pokémon. The new Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Sludge Toss is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

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 is named Grimer, while this one is Koga's Grimer. Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Grimer list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Gym Challenge set binder is where a full Gym Challenge 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Trainer's Pokémon. I still need this card.