Alolan Grimer 57/149 · Sun & Moon

Sun & Moon is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 173 cards. Alolan Grimer is 57/149, in position 57 of 173 on this checklist. Before it is 56 Crobat, and after it is 58 Alolan Muk. The listed rarity is Common.

Alolan Grimer is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Grimer (#088), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Muk, Muk (#089) under evolves to.

Naoki Saito illustrated this card. The same name is on 270 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 is named Grimer, while this one is Alolan Grimer. That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 15 other cards of Grimer list a different HP.

The attack Super Poison Breath lists no damage number. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Pound is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "The crystals on Grimer's body are lumps of toxins. If one falls off, lethal poisons leak out."

I keep a set binder for Sun & Moon, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Sun & Moon 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.