Character info
The character
Rapidash is the Fire Horse Pokémon, evolving from Ponyta and known for its tremendous speed, said to resemble a comet streaking across the sky when running. This version, Dark Rapidash, is a corrupted variant tied to Team Rocket's influence over wild Pokémon. In the games and card lore, Dark Pokémon represent creatures turned hostile and unpredictable under Team Rocket control.
This card
This is Dark Rapidash, card number 44 out of 82 from the Team Rocket set, printed in 2000 with uncommon rarity. The artwork by Kagemaru Himeno depicts the horse rearing amid swirling red and black flames, emphasizing its wild and corrupted nature. As a Team Rocket era card, it carries the Rocket 'R' symbol and the two-tiered evolution instruction noting it is placed atop a Basic Pokémon.
How it plays
Dark Rapidash is a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 60 HP, evolving from Ponyta. Its first attack, Rear Kick, costs two Colorless Energy and deals 20 damage. Its second attack, Flame Pillar, costs two Fire Energy and deals 30 damage, with the option to discard an attached Fire Energy to additionally deal 10 damage to one of the opponent's Benched Pokémon, ignoring Weakness and Resistance. It has a Weakness to Water and no listed Resistance or retreat cost shown in the printed text.
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 Team Rocket, a set of 82 cards, rarity U. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno and published 2000-04-24. 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
#78 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 196 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Ponyta.
A wild, uncontrollable Pokémon. When running, it looks like a comet streaking through the sky.
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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