Alolan Grimer 83/147 · Burning Shadows

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

Alolan Grimer sits at 83/147 in Burning Shadows, position 85 of 177. Before it is 82 Alolan Raticate, and after it is 84 Alolan Muk-GX. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 5, 2017. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 177 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Division lists no damage number. Search your deck for Alolan Grimer and put it onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck. Slippery Sludge is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "A Grimer, which had been brought in to solve a problem with garbage, developed over time into this form."

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 Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 15 other cards of Grimer list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Burning Shadows set binder is where a full Burning Shadows 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). I still need this card.