Muk 89/165 · 151

Muk is Pokédex #089, generation 1 (Kanto). Muk is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 150 HP. The card says it evolves from Grimer. In this catalog that name is Grimer (#088).

Muk sits at 89/165 in 151, position 89 of 207. Before it is 88 Grimer, and after it is 90 Shellder. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on September 22, 2023. The printed size is 165. This checklist is longer, at 207 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Sticky Jail lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness. During your opponent's next turn, attacks used by the Defending Pokémon cost Colorless more, and its Retreat Cost is Colorless more. Sludge Bomb is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Darkness, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "It's thickly covered with a filthy, vile sludge. It is so toxic, even its footprints contain poison." The regulation mark is G.

Muk (#089) has 31 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 Muk 13/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Nisota Niso illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 30 other cards of Muk list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Nisota Niso. I count 39 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

151 set binder is where a full 151 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Muk can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.