Character info
The character
Miraidon is one of the mascot Legendary Pokémon introduced in Scarlet & Violet, serving as the version mascot for Pokémon Violet. It is an Electric-type Paradox Pokémon said to be a futuristic counterpart to Koraidon, capable of transforming into a high-speed vehicle form. In the games it plays a central role in the story involving Area Zero and the Paradox Pokémon phenomenon.
This card
This is Miraidon ex, card number 081 out of 198 from the Scarlet & Violet base set, printed in 2023 as a holofoil Double Rare. The artwork, illustrated by 5ban Graphics, depicts Miraidon's head and core glowing amid streaks of electric light and scattered star-like particles. The card uses the gold-bordered ex treatment common to Double Rare Pokémon ex cards in this set.
How it plays
Miraidon ex is a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 220 HP, weak to Fighting-type attacks (x2) and having a retreat cost of one Colorless energy. Its Ability, Tandem Unit, lets the player once per turn search their deck for up to two Basic Lightning Pokémon and place them onto the Bench, then shuffle the deck. Its attack, Photon Blaster, costs two Lightning energy and one Colorless energy, deals 220 damage, but prevents this Pokémon from attacking during the player's next turn. As a Pokémon ex, it gives up two Prize cards when knocked out.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Scarlet & Violet, a set of 198 cards, rarity Double rare. The details on this certificate match it.
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
#1008 in the National Pokédex · a Generation IX Pokémon · 134 different cards of it exist.
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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.