Grimer 100/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Darkness Ablaze is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. Grimer is 100/189, in position 100 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 99 Galarian Slowbro V, and after it is 101 Muk. The listed rarity is Common.

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.

Ryota Murayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 55 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 lists 50 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ryota Murayama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 15 other cards of Grimer list a different HP.

The attack Stomp Off lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Discard the top card of your opponent's deck. Sludge Whirlpool is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "The wastewater coming from factories is clean these days, so Grimer have nothing to eat. They're said to be on the verge of extinction." The regulation mark is D.

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