Character info
The character
Seel is the Sea Lion Pokémon, numbered 86 in the National Pokedex. It is known for the hard horn on its head, which it uses to break through thick ice. Seel is a Water-type Pokémon found in cold aquatic environments and later evolves into Dewgong.
This card
This is Seel from the Base Set, numbered 41 out of 102, printed as the unlimited shadowless variant with uncommon rarity. The artwork, illustrated by Ken Sugimori, shows Seel resting on ice with its flippers extended. The card carries the 1999 Wizards of the Coast copyright line along with the original Nintendo, Creatures, and GAMEFREAK credits.
How it plays
As a Basic Pokémon, Seel has 60 HP and a single attack, Headbutt, which costs one Water energy and deals 10 damage. It is weak to Lightning-type attacks, has no listed resistance, and requires one colorless energy to retreat.
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 U. 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
#86 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 95 different cards of it exist.
The protruding horn on its head is very hard. This horn is used for bashing through thick ice.
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.