Character info
The character
Gengar is a Ghost-type Pokémon known as the Shadow Pokémon, said to hide in shadows and bring chills to those nearby. It is the final evolution of Gastly, evolving through Haunter, and is famed for its mischievous, trickster nature. In the mainline games and anime it is often depicted lurking at night, playing pranks on humans, and even serving as a bodyguard to its shadow-bound friends.
This card
This is card 066/196 from the Lost Origin set, printed in 2022 as a Holo Rare. The artwork by Narumi Sato shows Gengar grinning among a cluster of lit candles with a chain hanging in the background, giving an eerie, candlelit atmosphere. The card bears a Stage 2 designation, noting it evolves from Haunter.
How it plays
This Stage 2 Pokémon has 120 HP and is Psychic type. Its Ability, Netherworld Gate, lets the player once per turn move this card from the discard pile onto the Bench, placing 3 damage counters on it if done. Its attack, Screaming Circle, costs a single Psychic energy and places 2 damage counters on the opponent's Active Pokémon for each of the opponent's Benched Pokémon. It has weakness to Darkness types (x2), resistance to Fighting types (-30), 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 Lost Origin, a set of 196 cards, rarity Holo Rare. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Narumi Sato 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
#94 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 302 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Haunter.
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
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The working behind this grade
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