Character info
The character
Inkay is a small squid-like Pokémon known for its ability to flip its body to confuse opponents and for its eventual evolution into Malamar through an unusual trade method. It is a Dark-type creature from the Kalos region, often depicted drifting through ocean waters using bioluminescent flashes to disorient both prey and rivals. It is recognized for its gentle, curious appearance contrasted with its sly, manipulative nature.
This card
This is Inkay from the Storm Emeralda set, numbered 085/076 and marked as an AR (Art Rare) holo variant. The card features an expressive full-art illustration by Rond, showing Inkay swimming through a richly colored coral reef rendered in a painterly, textured style. The artwork emphasizes the surrounding underwater environment as much as the Pokémon itself, consistent with the special art treatment of the AR rarity.
How it plays
Inkay is a Basic Pokémon with 60 HP and Psychic typing (shown by the Psychic energy icon). Its only listed attack, Hatakiotosu (Slap Down), costs a single Psychic energy, deals 10 damage, and lets the player look at the opponent's hand without revealing it to choose and discard one card. The card has a weakness to Grass-type attacks (×2), no resistance listed, and a retreat cost of one energy.
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 ストームエメラルダ, a set of 76 cards, rarity MUR. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Rond and published 2026-07-31. 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
#686 in the National Pokédex · a Generation VI Pokémon · 123 different cards of it exist.
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.
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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.