Character info
The character
Hydreigon is a Dark/Dragon-type Pokémon known as the Brutal Pokémon, the final evolution of Deino and Zweilous. It is depicted with three heads, each capable of independent aggression, and is recognized in the games for its destructive power and status as a pseudo-legendary Pokémon.
This card
This is Hydreigon ex, number 119 of 191 in the Surging Sparks set, printed as a holofoil card in Tera form with a crystalline rainbow art treatment. The card is a Stage 2 Pokémon evolving from Zweilous, illustrated by 5ban Graphics, showing the three-headed dragon rendered in faceted gem-like colors against a bright prismatic background.
How it plays
This card has 330 HP and is a Darkness-type Stage 2 Pokémon ex with a Tera ability. Its printed ability states that as long as it is on the Bench, all damage done to it by attacks, both the player's and the opponent's, is prevented. Its first attack, Crashing Headbutt, costs one Darkness and one Colorless energy, deals 200 damage, and discards the top 3 cards of the opponent's deck. Its second attack, Obsidian, costs Psychic, Darkness, Fairy, and Colorless energy, deals 130 damage, and also deals 130 damage to 2 of the opponent's Benched Pokémon without applying Weakness or Resistance. It has weakness to Grass-type attacks at x2, no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of three.
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 Surging Sparks, a set of 191 cards, rarity RR. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by 5ban Graphics and published 2024-11-08. 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
#635 in the National Pokédex · a Generation V Pokémon · 169 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Zweilous.
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.
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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.