Muk · Fossil, what to know.
About the Muk card
Muk is card 28 of 62 in Fossil, released in October 1999, 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 Mitsuhiro Arita. Arita painted the Base Set Charizard and much of the early holo run, and his work has a painterly weight that set the visual tone of the Wizards era.
The Pokédex entry printed on Muk reads: "Thickly covered with a filthy, vile sludge. It is so toxic, even its footprints contain poison."
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 Fossil, 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
Fossil shipped in 1st Edition and Unlimited, with no Shadowless print. The Edition 1 stamp under the artwork separates the scarcer 1st Edition Muk from the Unlimited copy.
Grading and condition
Non-holo Rares like Muk are easier on surface but no kinder on centering. Wizards-era cards were less protected than the holos, so high-grade Muk survivors can be scarcer than expected, with edge whitening the usual cap.
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.
Three prints, three markets.
Edition 1 stamp under the artwork. Trades above Unlimited in matching grade.
No stamp. The standard, more affordable print.
