Character info
The character
Gardevoir is a Psychic-type Pokémon known for its strong empathic and telekinetic abilities, which it uses to protect and support its Trainer. It evolves from Kirlia and is the final stage of the Ralts evolutionary line. Gardevoir is especially known for its loyalty and its capacity to manifest protective psychic barriers.
This card
This is Gardevoir V, card number 016 out of 73 from the Champion's Path set, printed in 2020 as a holofoil rare. The artwork, illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, shows Gardevoir in a dynamic pose amid a swirling, colorful cosmic background. The card carries the V rule banner near the bottom, indicating its status as a Pokémon V card.
How it plays
Gardevoir V is a Basic Pokémon with 210 HP and Psychic typing. Its first attack, Magical Shot, costs one Psychic energy and deals 30 damage. Its second attack, Swelling Pulse, costs two Psychic energy and one additional energy, dealing 120 damage, with 80 more damage if the Pokémon was healed during that turn. It has a weakness to Metal-type attacks (×2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of two energy.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Champion's Path, a set of 73 cards, rarity Holo Rare V. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno and published 2020-09-25. 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
#282 in the National Pokédex · a Generation III Pokémon · 351 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.