Muk 53 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Muk 53
Brand: Pokémon
Author: match

This card has 110 HP, a top attack printed at 60 damage and a Psychic weakness.

Psychic · Stage 1 · Next Destinies · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Muk 53 do in a game?

Muk 53 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 110 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Toxic Secretion, is printed at 60 damage for 4 Energy — 15 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Psychic weakness, any Psychic attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Psychic Stage 1 Rare Unlimited and Expanded #089 Muk

Muk 53Next Destinies

110 HP · Psychic · Stage 1 · retreat 4 · Psychic weakness ×2

Top printed damage6015 per Energy Toxic Secretion60 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points110 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage6022.0% of 16,246 in the 40~60 band

Retreat cost4 Energy4.2% of 17,240 in the 4 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 15 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackRareNext Destinies33 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityRare

SetNext Destinies

Card number53

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$2.54Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by55 damage110 HP against a Psychic ×2 weakness Turns of setup4 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it720 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name33 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line30 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #089 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Muk 53 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Hit points — top 38.4% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 4.2%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Muk 53 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	61.6%	110 HP
Top printed damage	57.4%	60 damage
Energy efficiency	32.6%	15 per Energy
Retreat lightness	4.2%	4 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2EGentle Wrap10 damage per Energy card · has printed text20damage
4EToxic Secretion15 damage per Energy card · has printed text60damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 5,859of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 5,859 at 110 HP.

Psychic cardsNo. 698of 2,334 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,498of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardMuk 53Next Destinies110 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 270 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Muk 53

Hit points 110 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 15 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Psychic attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 4 of the 31 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Muk 53 at a glance

What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 110 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Next Destinies.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 60 damage for 4 Energy.
What it fears. A Psychic weakness at ×2, which means 55 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 4 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Muk 53 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 60 damage, which is 15 damage for every Energy card attached.

Muk 53 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Gentle Wrap	1 Psychic + 1 Colorless	2	20	10	The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn.
Toxic Secretion	1 Psychic + 3 Colorless	4	60	15	The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on that Pokémon between turns.

Retreating costs a further 4 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Gentle Wrap2 Energy cards

Toxic Secretion4 Energy cards

What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Gentle Wrap 2 Energy20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 per Energy card20
Toxic Secretion 4 Energy60 damage for 4 Energy — 15 per Energy card60

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (60).

This card places damage counters, which is not the same as dealing damage

Toxic Secretion puts damage counters on a Pokémon instead of dealing damage to it. The two look alike on the board — one counter is ten damage — but the rules treat them apart: anything that reduces or prevents damage does not stop counters from being placed, and weakness and resistance are not applied to them either.

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How does Muk 53 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Muk 53 — Next Destinies — MukNext Destinies 53

No.5,859by HP in the archive

Muk 53 prints 110 HP, which puts it at number 5,859 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

57% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 34%Where it sits on printed HP

This card110 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Muk printed150 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 110 HP, which is 29% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 110 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~60 — this card22.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 60.

Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60 — this card	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

2 — this card26.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 2 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2 — this card	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

4 — this card4.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 4 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 4 typically have 175 HP and print 121 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4 — this card	4.2%	729 cards

No. 28of 95

That is where Muk 53 stands highest on HP — number 28 of 95 cards in Next Destinies. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 5,859 of 17,290 by HP · No. 5,743 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 35% on damage
Psychic cards — 2,335 cards No. 698 of 2,334 by HP · No. 543 of 1,992 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gardevoir ex, 360

top 27% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 1,498 of 5,102 by HP · No. 1,904 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 38% on damage
Next Destinies — 103 cards No. 28 of 95 by HP · No. 22 of 93 by damage · top by HP: Reshiram-EX, 180

top 23% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 110 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 110
Top printed damage 60 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 60

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,566 of 16,246 (22.0%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Muk 53 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 60 damage attack that needs 4 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Muk 53 — this card15.060 damage for 4 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 15.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Muk 53 — this card	15.0	60 damage for 4 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsGentle Wrap 20 / 2Toxic Secretion 60 / 4

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Muk 53.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Gentle Wrap	—	10	—
Toxic Secretion	—	15	—

This card, per Energy card

15 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

-17.5 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 60 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Psychic card do for Muk 53?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 2,335 Psychic cards carry that type A Psychic attack printed at 55 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Muk 53 · Stage 1 110 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 60 damage.

Takes double from this card 2,335 cards in groups that print a Psychic weakness Against Psychic, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychic — this cardmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic — this card	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Psychicweak to Psychic

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Psychic weakness.

What being a Psychic card is worth

Groups that most often print a Psychic weakness: Psychic (2,335 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Psychic cards are themselves most exposed to Psychic.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Muk 53 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Psychic attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 55 printed damage rather than 110.

Cards that remove it in one attack

720

Cards it removes in one attack

1,433

Psychic damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 110 HP against a Psychic weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackGrumpigMega Evolution 6360 damage

×2Psychic weakness · 55 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 120 against this card

This cardMuk 53Next Destinies 53110 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 716 cards in the archive that can remove Muk 53 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 55. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Mukweak to Psychic ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Psychic cards that remove Muk in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH159)	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	300	600
Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH160)	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	300	600
Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH161)	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	300	600
Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH162)	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	300	600
Solgaleo & Lunala-GX (75)	Cosmic Eclipse	270	230	460
Solgaleo & Lunala-GX (216)	Cosmic Eclipse	270	230	460

110 HP against a Psychic ×2 weakness means any Psychic attack printed at 55 damage or more is enough. 720 cards in the archive clear that bar.

120 HP Mewtwo [53]

120 HP Gardevoir [RC10]

120 HP Mew-EX [RC24]

120 HP Gothitelle [48]

120 HP Mew-EX [46]

120 HP Mew-EX [120]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,433 cards in the archive are weak to Psychic and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Muk as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Muk 53 is one print of Muk. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Muk has been printed 33 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Muk cards ever printedPokédex #089Prints on record 33Toughest print 270 HPThis card 110 HP

33prints

Legal in Standard4Older prints, not in Standard29

Every Muk print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Muk printed is 270 HP, and this card is 40.7% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Muk & Alolan Muk-GX 197/214the toughest Muk ever printedSM - Unbroken Bonds270 HP
Muk 53against that record40.7% of the record110 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Muk print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Muk 53 can be?

Muk evolves from Grimer, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Muk line, oldest stage firstPokédex #089

Grimer17 prints on record · EX Team Rocket Returns

+70 HP · +130 damage

Muk12 prints on record · Aquapolis

Grimer → Muk

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Grimer.
The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 089.

1GrimerHardest attack printed at this stage: 50 damage80 HP
2MukHardest attack printed at this stage: 180 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it150 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (150 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Muk print, and can the older ones still be played?

33 prints carry this name in the archive, and 31 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (270 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

31 rows are shown of the 33 prints counted under this name.

Muk prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Muk & Alolan Muk-GX 197/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk & Alolan Muk-GX 220/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk & Alolan Muk-GX 196/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk & Alolan Muk-GX 61/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Muk-GX 157/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Muk-GX 138/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Muk-GX 84/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Rocket's Muk 124/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Muk 089/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Alolan Muk 131/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk 101/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Muk 127/198	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Muk 63/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk 085/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Alolan Muk 84/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Aqua's Muk 8/34	Double Crisis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk 53/99	Next Destinies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk ex 96/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk 46/116	Plasma Freeze	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk 31/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk 57/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Muk 16/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Koga's Muk 026/132	Gym Challenge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk 56/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk H17/H32	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk 13/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk 023/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk 016/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk 11/92	EX Legend Maker	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Muk 28/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Muk 41/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

4 of the 31 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Muk 53?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Muk 53
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Starmie	Skyridge	80	40	1
Espeon	Neo Discovery	80	30	0
Ninetales δ	Dragon Frontiers	70	30	0
Slowking	Southern Islands	70	10	2
Espeon	HS—Undaunted	100	30	1
Hypno	Aquapolis	80	30	1

This card itself is 110 HP, 60 top damage and 4 retreat, and every card here is Psychic like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Muk 53 in Next Destinies?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #53 in Next Destinies. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Muk 53, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Muk 53
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Muk 53 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. It was released on February 8, 2012.

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Muk 53 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Toxic Secretion, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 15 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 4 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Grimer has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 5,859 of 17,290

Psychic cardsNo. 698 of 2,334

Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,498 of 5,102

Next DestiniesNo. 28 of 95

What actually removes it

A Psychic attack printed at 55 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 110 HP.
720 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,433 cards in one attack.

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Muk 53 card record

Muk 53 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	110 HP	Type	Psychic
Weakness	Psychic ×2	Retreat cost	4 Energy
Evolves from	Grimer	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#089	Set	Next Destinies
Card number	53 of 99	Series	Black & White
Released	February 8, 2012	Rarity	Rare
Illustrator	match
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Muk 53 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$2.54

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August 14, 2026

One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

Muk 53 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Muk 53 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Muk 53?

Muk 53 has 110 HP and a Psychic weakness at ×2, so a Psychic attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 110.

What is the strongest attack on Muk 53?

Toxic Secretion, printed at 60 damage for 4 Energy — 15 damage per Energy card. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on that Pokémon between turns.

What is the retreat cost of Muk 53?

4 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

Does Muk 53 deal damage or place damage counters?

It places damage counters. One counter is ten damage on the board, but the two are different things in the rules: weakness and resistance are not applied to counters, and effects that reduce or prevent damage do not stop counters from being placed.

Can an older Muk print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 31 prints listed on this page, 4 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Muk evolve from?

Grimer. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Muk 53 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Muk 53 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Muk 53 — what does this card actually do?

What does Muk 53 do in a game?

Muk 53 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Muk 53 at a glance

What do the attacks on Muk 53 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Muk 53 compare with every other card?

Is Muk 53 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Psychic card do for Muk 53?

What knocks out Muk 53 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Muk as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Muk 53 can be?

Is this the strongest Muk print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Muk 53?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Muk 53?

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Which rules apply to Muk 53, and where can it be played?

Muk 53 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Muk 53 card record

What does Muk 53 cost?

Muk 53 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Muk 53?

What is the strongest attack on Muk 53?

What is the retreat cost of Muk 53?

Does Muk 53 deal damage or place damage counters?

Can an older Muk print be played in a tournament?

What does Muk evolve from?

Can Muk 53 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Muk 53 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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