Muk 101/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Muk is Pokédex #089, generation 1 (Kanto). Muk is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Grimer. In this catalog that name is Grimer (#088).

Muk sits at 101/189 in Darkness Ablaze, position 101 of 201. Before it is 100 Grimer, and after it is 102 Spinarak. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Triple Poison lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. During Pokémon Checkup, put 3 damage counters on that Pokémon instead of 1. Sludge Whirlpool is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Because they scatter germs everywhere, they've long been targeted for extermination, leading to a steep decline in their population." The regulation mark is D.

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 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Eri Yamaki illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 29 other cards of Muk list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Eri Yamaki. I count 39 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Darkness Ablaze set binder is where a full Darkness Ablaze 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.