Character info
The character
Sandslash is the Mouse Pokemon that evolves from Sandshrew. It is known for curling into a spiny ball to defend itself or to roll at high speed when attacking or fleeing. Its body is covered in hardened spines suited to desert environments.
This card
This is the Sandslash card from the Fossil set, numbered 41/62 and marked as 1st Edition with uncommon rarity. The artwork, illustrated by Ken Sugimori, depicts Sandslash in a mid-motion pose against a warm, textured brown background. The card uses the Fighting-type fist energy symbol and standard Fossil-era border design.
How it plays
This Stage 1 Pokemon has 70 HP and evolves from Sandshrew. Its first attack, Slash, costs two colorless energy and deals 20 damage. Its second attack, Fury Swipes, costs two Fighting energy, requires flipping three coins, and deals 20 damage for each heads. It is weak to Grass, resists Lightning by -30, and has a retreat cost of one colorless energy.
Written with AI from the card and its catalogue entry, and checked by WinnTCG.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Fossil, a set of 62 cards, rarity U. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Ken Sugimori and published 1999-10-10. Both come from the public catalogue, not from WinnTCG.
A catalogue match is not the authenticity check. It confirms the card is the card it claims to be. Whether it is genuine was checked separately, on the card itself; see Authenticity below.
About this card
#28 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 133 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Sandshrew.
Curls up into a spiny ball when threatened. It can roll while curled up to attack or escape.
From the card and the public catalogue, not written by WinnTCG.
Authenticity
WinnTCG authenticated this card in hand, on the bench, against genuine Pokémon cards. It was checked four ways: light shone through it to check the core, its weight on a scale, its thickness measured, and its print pattern and surface texture under magnification.
How this card was graded
WinnTCG graded this card in hand, on the bench. The card was in our hands, and we sealed the case ourselves. We photographed it here under controlled light to show which card is in the case and where anything we marked sits on it.
If you are buying this slab: the grade is WinnTCG’s judgement of the card that was in front of us, and WinnTCG sealed this case. The photographs above are of that card. Compare them against what you can see through the case, because a case can be opened by anyone who has held it since.
The working behind this grade
Every grade here is published with its reasoning. The report states what each measurement returned, what the model proposed on each axis, where the grader disagreed with it, and every defect marked on the photographs above.