Character info
The character
Aerodactyl is a fossil Pokémon revived from ancient DNA, first appearing in the Generation I games. It is known as a fierce, prehistoric flying reptile often depicted as aggressive toward smaller Pokémon. In the games and anime it is prized for its speed and sharp teeth, representing a living remnant of a bygone era.
This card
This is Aerodactyl V, card number 092/196 from the Lost Origin set, printed in 2022. It is a Full Art Holo V card with Rare rarity, illustrated by N-DESIGN Inc. The artwork shows Aerodactyl in flight over a jungle landscape with a volcano smoking in the background.
How it plays
This Basic Pokémon has 210 HP and is a Fighting type with weakness to Grass (x2) and no listed resistance. Its first attack, Bite, costs one Fighting and one Colorless energy and deals 40 damage. Its second attack, Rock Crush, costs one Fighting and two Colorless energy, deals 120 damage, and discards an Energy from the opponent's Active Pokémon. Retreat cost is one Colorless energy, and as a V card, if it is Knocked Out the opponent takes two Prize cards.
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 Lost Origin, a set of 196 cards, rarity Holo Rare V. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by N-DESIGN Inc. and published 2022-09-09. 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
#142 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 149 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.