Character info
The character
Water Energy is one of the basic energy types in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, used to power the attacks of Water-type Pokémon such as Blastoise, Gyarados, and Lapras. It represents the elemental force of water within the game's mechanics rather than a character from the Pokémon story.
This card
This is card number 011 from the Mega Evolution Energies set, printed in 2026 and illustrated by Yoshirotten. The card features a holographic, shimmering water droplet symbol rendered in blue and green tones against a prismatic background. It carries a Pikachu 30th Anniversary stamp in the lower right corner, marking this as a special commemorative variant of the Basic Water Energy card.
How it plays
As a Basic Water Energy card, it is attached to a Pokémon to provide one unit of Water energy, which can be used to pay the energy costs of that Pokémon's attacks or abilities. It has no other printed text or additional effects.
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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
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.