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Muk

Aquapolis / #23/147

Muk

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Aquapolis
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Hajime Kusajima
Source reference
ecard2-23

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
70
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Grimer
Pokédex number
89
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Psychic x2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Abilities

Heavyweight

Poke-BODY

As long as there is a Grass Energy attached to Muk, you must pay an additional ColorlessColorless to retreat it.

Attacks

Burning Sludge

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 10

Flip a number of coins equal to the amount of Grass Energy attached to Muk. If any of them are heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned and Burned.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard

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