Grimer Card Collection: Your 🗺️ Regional Variants Binder Checklist
Discover the best Grimer Pokémon cards to collect. Cute picks, rare finds, set history, and binder layout tips in one guide.
2024-02-23
Popularity Rank: #701
Fan survey data
Blended rank from two r/pokemon "favourite Pokémon" surveys, weighted 60/40 toward the 2025 results (u/Jawnysparklez; u/mamamia1001 2019).
2025 survey: #706
2019 survey: #510
#701 / 1025
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Grimer
Sludge Pokémon
Appears in filthy areas. Thrives by sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories.
Pokédex details
Height
0.9 m
Weight
30.0 kg
Base EXP
0
Capture rate
190 / 255
Generation
Gen I
Base happiness
70
Growth rate
Medium
Color
Purple
Habitat
Urban
Shape
Arms
Egg groups
Indeterminate
Why collectors adore Grimer
The elevator pitch for Grimer: cute, recognizable, and worth a binder slot.
- Cheerful personality in-game — Grimer feels upbeat even before you pick a favourite card.
- A staple in our 🗺️ Regional Variants crowd — Grimer is one of those picks collectors nod at immediately.
- Grimer has that "favourite since childhood" energy — you don't need lore to explain the appeal.
Pokémon TCG cards
Recent cards featuring Grimer from the Trading Card Game, newest first.
Fantastical Parade
One Diamond
Destined Rivals
Common
Crimson Blaze
One Diamond
Celestial Guardians
One Diamond
Promos-A
One Diamond
Genetic Apex
One Diamond
151
Common
Scarlet & Violet
Common
Brilliant Stars
Common
Darkness Ablaze
Common
Team Up
Common
Team Up
Common
Showing 12 of 30 loaded cards · card data from TCGdex with pokemontcg.io as backup · images via Scrydex when needed
How I'd build a Grimer spread
A workable spread formula for Grimer — scene print, anchor card, supporting cast — without overthinking supplies.
Cards to anchor your spread
TCG picks for collectors — pair these with a printed scene below.
Grimer #57 (Dragon) by Yuka Morii is essential — her signature clay-art style gives Grimer an irresistibly handcrafted charm.
Alolan Grimer #57 (Sun & Moon) is a promo worth chasing — alternate art that stands out on any Grimer binder page.
Grimer #48 (Fossil) is a solid binder pick — easy to find and always looks great in a spread.
Grimer #57 (Team Rocket) is a reliable choice for any Grimer binder — good value and classic artwork.
Species art references
Character renders for colour matching, pose ideas, and silhouette checks.
Official artwork
Match card holo colours and keep the species silhouette consistent across pockets.
HOME render
Modern pose reference when you want a cleaner, upright character layout.
Dream World vector
Simple line-and-fill shape — handy for tracing pocket placement before you print.
Shiny palette
Alternate colourway for accent pockets or shiny-themed spreads.
Art via PokéAPI/sprites (open source).
Grimer mini binder spread
A seeded two-page 3×3 binder mockup using Grimer chase cards and Michi Method scene art for display planning.
Left page
Dragon
Common
Sun & Moon
Common
Fossil
Common
Team Rocket
Common
Fantastical Parade
One Diamond
Destined Rivals
Common
Crimson Blaze
One Diamond
Right page
Celestial Guardians
One Diamond
Promos-A
One Diamond
Genetic Apex
One Diamond
151
Common
Scarlet & Violet
Common
Brilliant Stars
Common
Darkness Ablaze
Common
Start with a background that echoes Grimer's poison, then place your chase holo in the top-left anchor slot. Secondary copies can step down in rarity toward the edges so the spread breathes in photos.
Michi Method scene examples
Illustration picks when dedicated scene art is not cached yet — card frames may still show.
Scene wallpaper — Grimer
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Grimer
Scene wallpaper — Grimer
Illustration by artofpkm.com
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Grimer
Find more scene art
Curated galleries and search links — we do not hotlink Pinterest or ArtStation results.
Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Additional tips
- Lead with your strongest Grimer single, then echo it with a secondary spread featuring Muk, Diglett, and Dugtrio so the page reads as a story, not a checklist.
- Try a orchid purple and magenta sleeve story around Grimer's poison-type identity — mat color does more work than people admit in photos.
- Photograph the Grimer page under warm side light once and cool once — you'll quickly see which copy deserves the top-left anchor slot.
- At 0.9m / 30kg, Grimer sits in a middleweight silhouette band — mix close-up portraits with one environmental wide shot for depth.
Abilities, moves & metagame notes
Optional competitive context for Grimer. Display collectors can skip straight to the backstory below.
Base stats
In-game numbers for Grimer — useful context beside abilities and moves.
HP
80
Attack
80
Defense
50
Sp. Atk
40
Sp. Def
50
Speed
25
Total: 325
Players file Grimer around tier "LC" while Ability Stench (Has a 10% chance of making target Pokémon flinch with each hit.) shapes the fantasy — chase art that stages that payoff, not just the highest number on the slab.
- Hidden Ability Poison Touch is the deep-cut hunt — call it out when you sell or trade so buyers know you are curating, not flipping random holos.
- Gunk Shot — 30% chance to poison the target. — Illustration Rares that stage that motion tend to outperform static portraits.
3D battle sprites
Animated Showdown-style models for Grimer — normal and shiny.
Sprites via Project Pokémon. Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Backstory & Lore
A short write-up on Grimer, weaving together Pokédex notes, species lore, and evolution context.
Appears in filthy areas. Thrives by sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories.
Made of hardened sludge. It smells too putrid to touch. Even weeds won't grow in its path.
A second dex beat (Ultra Sun) frames Grimer as one that was born from sludge on the ocean floor.. Rotating that line on a sticky note beside the page keeps the spread feeling lived-in.
Grimer shows up in Crystal lore as when two of these pokémon's bodies are combined together, new poisons are created. When you shop for cards, look for illustrations that lean into that mood instead of generic portrait poses.
In the games, Grimer → Muk make up this evolution family — a natural arc to echo when you curate cards or binder spreads.
Name in other languages
Common localized names collectors may search for.
German
Sleima
Spanish
Grimer
French
Tadmorv
Italian
Grimer
Japanese
ベトベター
Japanese (Romaji)
Betbeter
Korean
질퍽이
Chinese (Simplified)
臭泥
Chinese (Traditional)
臭泥
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