Grimer 84/172 · Brilliant Stars

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

Grimer sits at 84/172 in Brilliant Stars, position 84 of 186. Before it is 83 Golurk, and after it is 85 Muk. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 25, 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Poison Gas lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. 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 F.

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 Masakazu Fukuda 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 Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Brilliant Stars set binder is where a full Brilliant Stars 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.