Character info
The character
Dialga is the Temporal Pokémon from the Sinnoh region, first introduced in the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl games. Revered in regional mythology as an ancient deity, it is said to possess the power to control time itself. It is a Steel/Dragon-type legendary Pokémon known for its armored, crystalline appearance.
This card
This is Dialga from the Celebrations set, numbered 020/025, printed as a holo rarity card with 25th Anniversary treatment including the Pikachu stamp in the artwork corner. The illustration, by 5ban Graphics, depicts Dialga in a dynamic pose against a dark, atmospheric background. The card was released in 2021 as part of a set celebrating the franchise's anniversary.
How it plays
This Basic Pokémon has 130 HP and is a Metal-type. Its first attack, Temporal Backflow, requires one Metal energy and lets the player put a card from their discard pile into their hand. Its second attack, Metal Blast, costs three Colorless energy and deals 60 damage plus 20 more for each Metal Energy attached to this Pokémon. It has a weakness to Fire (x2), a resistance to Grass (-30), and a retreat cost of two.
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 Celebrations, a set of 25 cards, rarity R. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by 5ban Graphics and published 2021-10-08. 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
#483 in the National Pokédex · a Generation IV Pokémon · 280 different cards of it exist.
It has the power to control time. It appears in Sinnoh-region myths as an ancient deity.
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
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.