Grimer 45/116 · Plasma Freeze

Plasma Freeze is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on 8 May 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. Grimer is 45/116, in position 45 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 44 Nidorino, and after it is 46 Muk. The listed rarity is Common.

Grimer is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Grimer (#088), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Muk, Muk (#089) under evolves to.

Hajime Kusajima illustrated this card. The same name is on 206 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 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 21 other cards of Grimer list a different HP.

The attack Lure Poison lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic. Flip a coin. If heads, switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with the Defending Pokémon. The new Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Sludge Toss is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Born from sludge, these Pokémon now gather in polluted places and increase the bacteria in their bodies."

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