Grimer 84 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Grimer 84
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Masakazu Fukuda

This card has 80 HP and a Fighting weakness.

Darkness · Basic · Brilliant Stars · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Grimer 84 do in a game?

Grimer 84 is a Darkness Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Basic.

Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Darkness Basic Common Regulation F Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #088 Grimer

Grimer 84Brilliant Stars

80 HP · Darkness · Basic · retreat 3 · Fighting weakness ×2

Hit points80 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Retreat cost3 Energy12.6% of 17,240 in the 3 band

Price trackCommonBrilliant Stars25 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic

Regulation markF

RarityCommon

SetBrilliant Stars

Card number84

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.22Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by40 damage80 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness Cards that can do it1,221 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name25 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line24 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #088 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Grimer 84 is built, on three measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 16.8%.

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 Grimer 84 is built, on three measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Retreat lightness	16.8%	3 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EPoison Gashas printed text—

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 9,046of 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 9,046 at 80 HP.

Darkness cardsNo. 762of 1,248 by printed HP Brilliant StarsNo. 112of 151 by printed HP

This cardGrimer 84Brilliant Stars80 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 300 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Grimer 84

Hit points 80 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 4 of the 25 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Grimer 84 at a glance

What it is. A Darkness Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Basic, printed in Brilliant Stars.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 0 damage for 0 Energy.
What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 40 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 3 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark F.
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 Grimer 84 cost, and what do they hit for?

Every attack printed on the card, with the Energy it asks for.

Grimer 84 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Poison Gas	1 Darkness	1	—	—	Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Retreating costs a further 3 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Poison Gas1 Energy card

The Energy this 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.

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How does Grimer 84 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.

Grimer 84 — Brilliant Stars — GrimerBrilliant Stars 84

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Grimer 84 prints 80 HP, which puts it at number 9,046 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).

Bottom 48%Where it sits on printed HP

This card80 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Grimer printed80 HP

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

This card prints 80 HP, which is 21% 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 80 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

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%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 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1 — this card	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	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

3 — this card12.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 3 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 3 typically have 150 HP and print 99 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 — this card	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 9,046of 17,290

That is where Grimer 84 stands highest on HP — number 9,046 of 17,290 cards in Every card in the archive. 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. 9,046 of 17,290 by HP · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380
Darkness cards — 1,249 cards No. 762 of 1,248 by HP · top by HP: Mega Gengar ex, 350
Brilliant Stars — 186 cards No. 112 of 151 by HP · top by HP: Aggron VMAX, 330

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 80 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 80

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 in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

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

Open the group this card falls into

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What does being a Darkness card do for Grimer 84?

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 1,884 Fighting cards carry that type A Fighting attack printed at 40 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Grimer 84 · Basic 80 HP It prints no attack damage.

Takes double from this card — no group most often prints a Darkness weakness This type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost 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

Darkness — this cardmost 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	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 — this card	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Darknessweak to Fighting

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

What being a Darkness card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Darkness weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Darkness cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Grimer 84 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fighting attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 40 printed damage rather than 80.

Cards that remove it in one attack

1,221

Fighting damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 80 HP against a Fighting weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackCynthia's GabiteAscended Heroes 11040 damage

×2Fighting weakness · 40 printed damage is enough
40 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardGrimer 84Brilliant Stars 8480 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 1,208 cards in the archive that can remove Grimer 84 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 40. 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.

Grimerweak to Fighting ×2

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

Fighting cards that remove Grimer in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Lucario ex (77)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (160)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (179)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (188)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (113)	Ascended Heroes	340	270	540
Toxtricity ex (100)	Paradox Rift	260	270	540

80 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 40 damage or more is enough. 1,221 cards in the archive clear that bar.

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

Grimer 84 is one print of Grimer. 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.

Grimer has been printed 25 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 Grimer cards ever printedPokédex #088Prints on record 25Toughest print 80 HPThis card 80 HP

25prints

Legal in Standard4Older prints, not in Standard21

Every Grimer 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.

Grimer 84 is the toughest Grimer ever printed

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

Alolan Grimer 127/236the toughest Grimer ever printedSM - Unified Minds80 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Grimer 84 can be?

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

The Grimer line, oldest stage firstPokédex #088

Grimer17 prints on record · EX Team Rocket Returns

+70 HP · +130 damage

Muk12 prints on record · Aquapolis

Grimer → Muk

It is not the end of the line either — Muk evolves from this card, so a deck can keep going past it.
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 088.

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 Grimer print, and can the older ones still be played?

25 prints carry this name in the archive. 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 (80 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

Grimer prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Alolan Grimer 127/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 62/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Grimer 57/149	SM Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Grimer 130/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Grimer 83/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 100/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 084/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Grimer 088/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Team Rocket's Grimer 123/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Grimer 126/198	SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Team Aqua's Grimer 7/34	Double Crisis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 52/99	Next Destinies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 45/116	Plasma Freeze	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Grimer 83/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 50/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 75/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 88/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 56/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 57/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 079/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Koga's Grimer 078/132	Gym Challenge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 48/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 078/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 54/92	EX Legend Maker	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Grimer 57/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

4 of the 25 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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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 Grimer 84 in Brilliant Stars?

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 #84 in Brilliant Stars. 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 Grimer 84, 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 Grimer 84
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.

Grimer 84 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Legal	Can be played in 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 Standard and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark F, printed next to the card number. It was released on February 25, 2022.

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Which generation of cards does Grimer 84 belong to?

The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.

Cards carrying each regulation mark

Mark Dtypically 133 HP · 84 damage15.4%1,261 cards

Mark Etypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards

Mark F — this cardtypically 142 HP · 88 damage14.4%1,180 cards

Mark Gtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark Htypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards

Mark Itypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards

Mark Jtypically 148 HP · 86 damage5.1%419 cards

8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.

The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
Group	Share	Value
Mark D	15.4%	1,261 cards
Mark E	14.7%	1,202 cards
Mark F — this card	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark F

Cards sharing that mark

1,180

Typical HP for the mark

142 (this card 80)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Grimer 84 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.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 9,046 of 17,290

Darkness cardsNo. 762 of 1,248

Brilliant StarsNo. 112 of 151

What actually removes it

A Fighting attack printed at 40 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 80 HP.
1,221 cards in the archive clear that bar.

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Grimer 84 card record

Grimer 84 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Darkness
Weakness	Fighting ×2	Retreat cost	3 Energy
Card type	Basic	Regulation mark	Mark F
Pokédex number	#088	Set	Brilliant Stars
Card number	84 of 172	Series	Sword & Shield
Released	February 25, 2022	Rarity	Common
Illustrator	Masakazu Fukuda
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only

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

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What does Grimer 84 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

$0.22

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

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Grimer 84 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Grimer 84?

Grimer 84 has 80 HP and a Fighting weakness at ×2, so a Fighting attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 80.

What is the retreat cost of Grimer 84?

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

Can an older Grimer print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 25 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.

Can Grimer 84 be played in a tournament?

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

Does this page say how good Grimer 84 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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Grimer 84 — what does this card actually do?

What does Grimer 84 do in a game?

Grimer 84 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Grimer 84 at a glance

What do the attacks on Grimer 84 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Grimer 84 compare with every other card?

What does being a Darkness card do for Grimer 84?

What knocks out Grimer 84 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Grimer 84 can be?

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

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Grimer 84?

What was printed next to Grimer 84 in Brilliant Stars?

Which rules apply to Grimer 84, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Grimer 84 belong to?

Grimer 84 in depth — what these figures add up to

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Grimer 84 card record

What does Grimer 84 cost?

Grimer 84 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Grimer 84?

What is the retreat cost of Grimer 84?

Can an older Grimer print be played in a tournament?

Can Grimer 84 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Grimer 84 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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