Character info
The character
Slowpoke, the Dopey Pokémon, is known for its sluggish reactions and absent-minded nature. In the Pokémon games and anime it is famous for taking so long to feel pain that it does not notice when its tail is bitten off, a trait tied to its evolution into Slowbro or Slowking. It is a Water/Psychic-type found near bodies of water, often depicted fishing with its tail.
This card
This is Slowpoke from the Pokémon GO set, numbered 019/078 with a common rarity and a Pokémon GO stamp variant. The artwork, illustrated by N-DESIGN Inc., is a real-world style photograph showing a Slowpoke figure perched on a dock beside tall grass and water, echoing the augmented-reality presentation style of the Pokémon GO mobile game.
How it plays
This Basic Pokémon card has 70 HP and a Water energy type. Its first attack, Hold Still, costs one Colorless energy and heals 30 damage from this Pokémon. Its second attack, Ideal Fishing Day, costs one Water energy and lets the player put an Item card from their discard pile into their hand. It has a weakness to Lightning type (x2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of two 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 Pokémon GO, a set of 78 cards, rarity C. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by N-DESIGN Inc. and published 2022-07-01. 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
#79 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 238 different cards of it exist.
Slow-witted and oblivious, this Pokémon won't feel any pain if its tail gets eaten. It won't notice when its tail grows back, either.
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.