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Muk ex

Dragon / #96/97

Muk ex

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Dragon
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Hikaru Koike
Source reference
ex3-96

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Muk seeks places where waste accumulates. It feeds on revolting substances and sometimes gathers in cities with dirty streets. The fluid seeping from its body is toxic enough to damage water and plants. Yet improved cleanliness has also made its food scarcer. The Pokédex says artificial sludge ponds have even been dug to sustain its population. Its existence thus depends on an environment that humans generally try to clean up.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Ultra Sun mentions artificial sludge ponds created to prevent Muk from disappearing through lack of food. This detail reverses its image as a nuisance: a cleaner environment can also deprive this species of the resources it depends on.

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Card details

HP
100
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Basic
Evolves from (printed name)
Grimer
Pokédex number
89
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Psychic x2

Printed card text — English

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Abilities

Toxic Gas

Poke-BODY

As long as Muk ex is your Active Pokémon, ignore all Poké-Powers and Poké-Bodies other than Toxic Gas.

Attacks

Poison Breath

Cost: Grass

Damage: 10

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Slimy Water

Cost: Grass · Grass · Colorless

Damage: 40+

Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Colorless Energy in the Defending Pokémon's Retreat Cost (after applying effects to the Retreat Cost).

Documented variants

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  • Holographic
  • holo · standard

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