Alolan Muk-GX 138/147 · Burning Shadows

Burning Shadows is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 5, 2017. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 177 cards. Alolan Muk-GX is 138/147, in position 146 of 177 on this checklist. Before it is 137 Marshadow-GX, and after it is 139 Darkrai-GX. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Alolan Muk-GX is a Stage 1 GX Darkness Pokémon with 220 HP. In the Pokédex this is Muk (#089), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Alolan Grimer. In this catalog that name is Grimer (#088).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Muk (#089) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 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 Alolan Muk-GX. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 220 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 29 other cards of Muk list a different HP.

The attack Chemical Breath lists 10+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 70 more damage for each Special Condition affecting your opponent's Active Pokémon. Crunch is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Tri Hazard-GX is another attack lists no damage number. Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. The new Active Pokémon is now Burned, Paralyzed, and Poisoned. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Burning Shadows, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Burning Shadows 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 Alolan forms. I still need this card.