Character info
The character
Vullaby is the Diapered Pokémon, a dark/flying-type first introduced in the Unova region games. It is known for wearing a bone-like cap made from its own discarded bones, which it continually replaces as it grows. In the games it evolves into Mandibuzz.
This card
This is card number 049 out of 84 from the Pitch Black set, printed as a Common with the basic circular rarity symbol. The artwork, credited to Shiburingaru, shows Vullaby standing on cobblestones in a dim, moonlit courtyard with its wings spread. The card is a Basic Pokémon with a Darkness-type symbol and 70 HP.
How it plays
As a Basic Pokémon with 70 HP, this card has two attacks. Flap costs a single Darkness energy and deals 10 damage. Gust costs one Darkness and one Colorless energy and deals 20 damage. It has a weakness to Lightning-type attacks (×2), a resistance to Fighting-type attacks (-30), and a retreat cost of one Colorless energy.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Pitch Black, a set of 84 cards, rarity Common. 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
#629 in the National Pokédex · a Generation V Pokémon · 79 different cards of it exist.
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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.