Character info
The character
Accelgor is the Shell Out Pokémon, numbered 617 in the Pokédex, and the evolved form of Shelmet. Known for its speed after shedding its shell, its body dries out quickly, so it wraps a protective membrane around itself and spits poison to defend. It is a Bug-type creature from the Unova region games.
This card
This is Accelgor from the Plasma Blast set, numbered 8 out of 101, printed as a holo rare under the Team Plasma banner in 2013. The artwork, illustrated by 5ban Graphics, shows Accelgor flying past ruined stone pillars with its ghostly trailing form. The card background carries the green foil treatment typical of this Team Plasma subset.
How it plays
Accelgor is a Stage 1, Grass-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Shelmet. Its first attack, Retribution, costs a single colorless energy and deals 20 damage, with a bonus effect if an Escavalier in play was knocked out the prior turn, returning all energy from the Defending Pokémon to the opponent's hand. Its second attack, Signal Beam, costs one Grass and one colorless energy, deals 30 damage, and confuses the Defending Pokémon. It has a weakness to Fire (x2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost shown on the card.
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 Plasma Blast, a set of 101 cards, rarity R. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by 5ban Graphics and published 2013-08-14. 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
#617 in the National Pokédex · a Generation V Pokémon · 66 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Shelmet.
When its body dries out, it weakens. So it wraps a membrane around itself for protection while it spits poison.
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.