Grimer 75/127 · Platinum

Platinum is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. Grimer is 75/127, in position 75 of 133 on this checklist. Before it is 74 Electrike, and after it is 76 Happiny. The listed rarity is Common.

Grimer is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 23. In the Pokédex this is Grimer (#088), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Muk, Muk (#089) under evolves to.

Yukiko Baba illustrated this card. The same name is on 151 other cards in the catalog.

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 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 22 other cards of Grimer list a different HP.

The attack Division lists no damage number. Search your deck for Grimer and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. Poison Gas is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Psychic +10. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to the moon's X-rays. It appears among filth."

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