Character info
The character
Iron Treads is a Paradox Pokémon introduced in the Scarlet & Violet video games, said to be a future-distorted form resembling Donphan. It is classified as a Future Pokémon within the game's lore, appearing as a mechanical, armored creature with an armadillo-like rolling body. It is known for its bulky defensive profile and high HP in both game and card form.
This card
This is Iron Treads ex, a full art holofoil promo numbered 073 from the SVP Black Star Promos set, sharing artwork and design with the Paldean Fates expansion's Future treatment. The card is a Basic Pokémon ex with 220 HP, illustrated by 5ban Graphics. The artwork displays the Pokémon in a dynamic coiled pose against a sparkling star-patterned holographic background.
How it plays
Iron Treads ex is a Basic Pokémon with 220 HP, weak to Fire (x2), resistant to Grass (-30), and a retreat cost of three. Its attack, Iron-Clad Roll, costs two Colorless and one single energy symbol and deals 150 damage; after dealing damage, the player may discard all Future Booster Energy Capsules attached to it to reduce incoming damage by 150 on the opponent's next turn. As a Pokémon ex, when it is knocked out the opponent takes two prize cards instead of one.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in SVP Black Star Promos, a set of 225 cards, rarity PROMO. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by 5ban Graphics and published 2023-03-31. 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
#990 in the National Pokédex · a Generation IX Pokémon · 46 different cards of it exist.
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.