Character info
The character
Bulbasaur is the Seed Pokémon and the first entry in the National Pokédex, known for the plant bulb growing on its back since birth. It is a Grass/Poison-type starter creature from the Pokémon franchise, often chosen by new trainers for its balanced growth. Bulbasaur evolves into Ivysaur and later Venusaur as it matures.
This card
This is the Bulbasaur card from the Base Set, numbered 44 out of 102, printed as a common in 1999. The artwork, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, depicts Bulbasaur crouched in a lush, flower-filled jungle setting with mist rising behind it. The card carries the shadowless Base Set printing treatment typical of early Wizards of the Coast releases.
How it plays
Bulbasaur is a Basic Pokémon with 40 HP and a Grass energy type. Its single attack, Leech Seed, costs two Grass energy and deals 20 damage, allowing the player to remove one damage counter from Bulbasaur unless all damage from the attack is prevented. It is weak to Fire-type attacks, has no listed resistance, and requires one colorless energy to retreat.
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 Base Set, a set of 102 cards, rarity C. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita and published 1999-01-09. 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
#1 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 156 different cards of it exist.
A strange seed was planted on its back at birth. Thus, a plant sprouted and now grows with this Pokémon.
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.