Character info
The character
Carracosta is a Fighting-type Pokémon that evolves from Tirtouga, both based on prehistoric marine life restored from a fossil. It is known for its sturdy shell and powerful limbs, making it a durable attacker in battle. In the games, Carracosta is often valued for its high Defense stat and resilience.
This card
This is Carracosta GX, numbered SM239 from the SM Black Star Promos set, a promo card illustrated by PLANETA Tsuji. The artwork depicts a heavily armored, mechanical-looking Carracosta amid shattered rock and debris. The card uses the holographic promo treatment typical of this series.
How it plays
Carracosta GX is a Stage 2 Fighting-type Pokémon with 250 HP. Its Ability, High Density Armor, reduces incoming damage by 90 when the Pokémon is at full HP. Its attack, Ground Crush, costs one Fighting and three Colorless energy to deal 160 damage and prevents the Defending Pokémon from retreating on the opponent's next turn. Its GX attack, Stone Age GX, costs one Colorless energy and lets the player put any number of Pokémon that evolve from Unidentified Fossil from their discard pile onto their Bench, with the standard limit of one GX attack per game. It has a weakness to Grass-type attacks (×2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of four.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in SM Black Star Promos, a set of 248 cards, rarity PROMO. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by PLANETA Tsuji and published 2017-02-03. 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
#565 in the National Pokédex · a Generation V Pokémon · 48 different cards of it exist.
From the card and the public catalogue, not written by WinnTCG.
Authenticity
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How this card was graded
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The working behind this grade
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