Alolan Grimer 130/236 · Cosmic Eclipse

Cosmic Eclipse is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 1, 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 272 cards. Alolan Grimer is 130/236, in position 130 of 272 on this checklist. Before it is 129 Alolan Persian-GX, and after it is 131 Alolan Muk. The listed rarity is Common.

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

Sekio illustrated this card. The same name is on 72 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 Sekio illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 15 other cards of Grimer list a different HP.

The attack Melt lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Nasty Goo is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "There are a hundred or so of them living in Alola's waste-disposal site. They're all hard workers who eat a lot of trash."

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