Character info
The character
Vespiquen is a Grass/Bug-type Pokémon that evolves from Combee and is known as the Beehive Pokémon. Only female Combee can evolve into it, and it commands swarms of in-hive Combee as workers. It is recognized for its bee-and-hive design and its role as a colony leader in the Pokémon games and animated series.
This card
This is Vespiquen ex, numbered 212/197 in the Obsidian Flames set, a Tera-themed Full Art Ultra Rare holofoil variant. The artwork by 5ban Graphics depicts Vespiquen rendered in a crystalline, faceted Tera style set against a sparkling prismatic background. The card lists Combee as its pre-evolution, a Stage 1 designation, and is part of the ex subset with a secret-rarity collector number beyond the base set total.
How it plays
This Stage 1 Tera Pokémon has 270 HP, with a rule stating it prevents all attack damage to itself while on the Bench. It has a Grass-type attack, Healing Pheromone, which costs one Grass energy and heals 60 damage from one of your Pokémon. Its second attack, Phantom Queen, costs three Grass energy, deals 200 damage, and places 3 damage counters on each of the opponent's Benched Pokémon that already has damage counters on it. It is weak to Darkness (×2), resists Fighting (-30), and has a retreat cost of two; as a Pokémon ex, its Knock Out gives the opponent two Prize cards.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Obsidian Flames, a set of 197 cards, rarity SR. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by 5ban Graphics and published 2023-08-11. 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
#416 in the National Pokédex · a Generation IV Pokémon · 80 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Combee.
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Authenticity
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How this card was graded
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The working behind this grade
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