No. 88 · Kanto · Poison
Grimercards
Grimer is a Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 88 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 25
- Sets
- 24
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Illustrators
- 19
- Sightings
- 2
Start here
The strongest Grimer art
01/06Team Aqua's Grimer
Common
02/06Team Rocket's Grimer
Common
03/06Alolan Grimer
Common
04/06Grimer
Common
05/06Koga's Grimer
Common
06/06Grimer
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Grimer cards, side by side.
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Nine of the strongest Grimer artworks as a binder page. Add it to your binder and swap any card. No account needed.
Grimer by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Grimer cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Grimer gets drawn
Grimer is usually drawn funny and moody, often reaching, in dim light.
Across 24 Grimer artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
Drawn against type
The Grimer pictures least like the rest.
1999–2025
Grimer through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
1999 Fossil- 2000 Gym Challenge
2002 Legendary Collection
2003 Aquapolis
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2006 Legend Maker
2007 Secret Wonders
2009 Platinum
2010 Undaunted
2012 Next Destinies
2013 Plasma Freeze- 2015 Double Crisis
2017 Burning Shadows- 2019 Cosmic Eclipse
2020 Darkness Ablaze- 2022 Brilliant Stars
- 2023 151
- 2025 Destined Rivals
Evolves into
- Grimerthis page · 25 cards
Muk32 cards
Grimer sightingsspotted in 2 other cards
Cards where Grimer turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Grimer card
25 cards, strongest artwork first.
Grimer in numbers
- Cards
- 25
- Sets
- 24since Fossil
- Illustrators
- 19most by Ken Sugimori
- Printed
- 1999–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 2in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 40–80
They span 24 sets, from Fossil to Destined Rivals. 19 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Kagemaru Himeno and Kouki Saitou.
Who draws Grimer
19 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
24 sets, by how many Grimer cards each holds.
Team Up2- 1511
Aquapolis1
Brilliant Stars1
Burning Shadows1
Cosmic Eclipse1
Darkness Ablaze1- Destined Rivals1
- Double Crisis1
Dragon1
Fossil1- Gym Challenge1
12 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Grimer cards are there?
- There are 25 Grimer cards, printed between 1999 and 2025 across 24 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Grimer card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Grimer art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Grimer cards?
- 19 illustrators have drawn Grimer. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 3, followed by Kagemaru Himeno and Kouki Saitou.
- What was the first Grimer card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Fossil, released in 1999. 25 of its 25 cards are Common.
