Character info
The character
Rotom is an Electric-type Pokémon known for its ability to possess and animate electronic appliances, taking on different forms depending on the device it inhabits. In the games and anime it is recognized for its mischievous, energetic nature and its role as a signature gadget companion in several Pokémon titles. It has become a recurring figure across multiple generations of Pokémon media.
This card
This is Rotom V, numbered 045/159 from the Crown Zenith set, printed as a Holo Rare full art promotional card. The artwork, illustrated by 5ban Graphics, depicts Rotom against a swirling abstract background of teal, pink, and purple energy. The card uses the V treatment with foil texturing across the full illustration.
How it plays
Rotom V is a Basic Pokémon with 190 HP and Lightning typing. Its Ability, Instant Charge, lets the player draw 3 cards once per turn, ending the turn if used. Its attack, Scrap Short, costs two Lightning energy, deals 40 damage plus 40 more for each Pokémon Tool card moved from the discard pile to the Lost Zone. It has a weakness to Fighting-type attacks (×2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of one Colorless 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 Crown Zenith, a set of 159 cards, rarity Holo Rare V. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by 5ban Graphics and published 2023-01-20. 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
#479 in the National Pokédex · a Generation IV Pokémon · 363 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.
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.