Character info
The character
Pikachu is the Mouse Pokemon and the franchise's most recognizable mascot, best known as the partner of trainer Ash Ketchum in the animated series. It is an Electric-type Pokemon known for storing electricity in its cheeks and its signature move, Thunderbolt. Pikachu evolves from Pichu and can evolve into Raichu.
This card
This is Pikachu, number 26 of 83 from the Generations set, printed in 2016 with common rarity. The artwork, illustrated by Atsuko Nishida, shows Pikachu leaping through a sunlit green forest clearing. The card lists Pikachu as a Basic Pokemon with 60 HP and Lightning typing.
How it plays
As a Basic Lightning-type Pokemon with 60 HP, this card has two attacks. Nuzzle costs one Lightning energy and flips a coin, paralyzing the opponent's Active Pokemon on heads. Quick Attack costs two Lightning energy and deals 20 damage, with an extra 10 damage if the coin flip is heads. It has a weakness to Fighting-type attacks (x2), a Resistance of -20 to Fighting-type's opposite, and a retreat cost of one energy.
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 Generations, a set of 83 cards, rarity C. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Atsuko Nishida and published 2016-02-22. 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
#25 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 985 different cards of it exist.
It raises its tail to check its surroundings. The tail is sometimes struck by lightning in this pose.
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.