Character info
The character
Arcanine is a Fire-type Pokémon that evolves from Growlithe and is numbered 059 in the national Pokédex. It is described in-universe as a Pokémon referenced in Chinese legends, renowned for its ability to run at tremendous speed. Arcanine is classified as a Legendary Pokémon in its Pokédex flavor text and is a popular, powerful member of the Fire-type roster.
This card
This is Arcanine from the Pokémon Evolutions set, numbered 18/108 and printed in 2016 as a Holo Rare. The artwork, illustrated by Ken Sugimori, depicts Arcanine running across a grassy field under a blue sky, rendered in a reflective holographic treatment. The card is a Stage 1 Pokémon that evolves from Growlithe.
How it plays
Arcanine is a Stage 1 Pokémon with 130 HP and a Fire typing. Its Ability, Burning Road, allows the player to move any number of Fire Energy attached to other Pokémon onto this Arcanine once per turn, but only if it was on the Bench and became the Active Pokémon that turn, before attacking. Its attack, Scorching Breath, costs three Fire Energy and one Colorless Energy, deals 150 damage, and prevents this Pokémon from attacking during the player's next turn. It has a weakness to Water-type attacks (×2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of two 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 Evolutions, a set of 108 cards, rarity R. The details on this certificate match it.
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
#59 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 235 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Growlithe.
A Pokémon that is described in Chinese legends. It is said to race at an unbelievable speed.
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
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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.