Muk 57/127 · Platinum

Platinum is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on 11 February 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. Muk is 57/127, in position 57 of 133 on this checklist. Before it is 56 Monferno, and after it is 58 Octillery. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Muk is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 100 HP. The card lists level 49. In the Pokédex this is Muk (#089), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Grimer. In this catalog that name is Grimer (#088).

Hajime Kusajima illustrated this card. The same name is on 206 other cards in the catalog.

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 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 28 other cards of Muk list a different HP.

Sludge Cell is listed as Poké-Body. If Muk remains affected by any Special Conditions between turns, remove 2 damage counters from Muk. The attack Strange Poison lists 30 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. If tails, Muk is now Poisoned. Strange Sludge is another attack lists 50+ damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Colorless. If Muk is Poisoned, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Psychic +20. Retreat cost is 3.

I keep a set binder for Platinum, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Platinum set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Muk can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.