Character info
The character
Vulpix is the Fox Pokemon, numbered 37 in the National Pokedex, known for being born with a single tail that splits into six as it matures. It is a Fire-type creature that evolves into Ninetales. Vulpix is recognized for its fluffy, curling fur and its association with warmth and folklore-like mystique within the Pokemon world.
This card
This is Vulpix from the Base Set, numbered 68 out of 102, printed with common rarity in 1999. The card features artwork by Ken Sugimori depicting Vulpix standing against a dark, sparkling background. It is a Basic Pokemon card issued under the original Wizards of the Coast Base Set release.
How it plays
This Basic Pokemon card has 50 HP and is a Fire-type. Its only attack, Confuse Ray, costs two Fire energy and deals 10 damage, with a coin flip that confuses the Defending Pokemon on heads. It has a weakness to Water, no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of one 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 Base Set, a set of 102 cards, rarity C. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Ken Sugimori and published 1999-01-09. 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
#37 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 276 different cards of it exist.
At the time of birth, it has just one tail. Its tail splits from the tip as it grows older.
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.