Muk · Aquapolis, what to know.
About the Muk card
Muk is card 23 of 182 in Aquapolis, released in January 2003, a Rare. It is a Stage 1 Grass-type with 70 HP.
As a Stage 1, it evolves from Grimer, which places Muk deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.
Illustrated by Hajime Kusajima.
About Muk in the Pokémon world
The fully evolved Grimer. Larger sludge mound. Fossil holo Muk is a quietly underrated card. Its Pokémon Power 'Toxic Gas' was a tournament-defining mechanic in 1999, which means surviving high-grade copies are scarcer than the print run suggests.
What is Muk worth?
Muk is a non-holo Rare. In Aquapolis, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Muk trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Muk before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
On Muk, look at the corners and the framed border first. Non-holo Rares took more handling than the chase holos, so a sharp, centered copy of Muk in a true PSA 10 is harder to find than the print run suggests.
If you are collecting Muk
For Muk, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Muk can make sense.
