Character info
The character
Aerodactyl is a Fossil Pokémon from the Pokémon franchise, revived from amber and known as a prehistoric flying reptile. It is classified as a Rock and Flying type in the core video games, prized for its speed and ferocity. In the Pokémon anime and games, it is often depicted as a fierce, ancient predator brought back to life by science.
This card
This is Aerodactyl VSTAR from the Lost Origin set, numbered 093/196, a Holo Rare VSTAR card illustrated by 5ban Graphics. The artwork shows Aerodactyl with its mouth open against a swirling, colorful abstract background, evolving visually from its Aerodactyl V predecessor shown in the evolution box. The card carries the holographic VSTAR treatment typical of this rarity.
How it plays
This Fighting-type Pokémon has 260 HP and evolves from Aerodactyl V. Its attack, Lost Dive, costs one Fighting and two Star Energy and deals 240 damage while putting the top 3 cards of the deck into the Lost Zone. Its VSTAR Power, Ancient Star, costs one Star Energy and grants an ability removing all Abilities from the opponent's Pokémon V in play, excluding other Aerodactyl VSTAR. It has weakness to Grass type (x2), no resistance listed, 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 Lost Origin, a set of 196 cards, rarity Holo Rare VSTAR. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by 5ban Graphics and published 2022-09-09. 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
#142 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 149 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Aerodactyl V.
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.