Character info
The character
Electrode is a Ball Pokemon known as the Electric-type evolution of Voltorb, first introduced in the original Kanto games. It resembles a Poke Ball and is known for its spherical body, high speed, and tendency to explode violently when startled or overcharged. In the games it is often associated with speed and self-destructive attacks.
This card
This is Electrode from the 151 set (MEW), numbered 101 out of 165, printed as a holofoil card with standard Rare rarity. The artwork by nagimiso shows Electrode mid-explosion, surrounded by fiery energy and flying debris, emphasizing its volatile nature. The card uses the Stage 1 template, noting it evolves from Voltorb.
How it plays
This Stage 1 Pokemon has 90 HP, is weak to Fighting type (x2), and has a retreat cost of one Colorless energy. Its first attack, Bang Boom Chain, costs one Lightning energy and deals 20+ damage, letting the player discard any number of Pokemon Tools from their Pokemon before damage, adding 40 damage per card discarded. Its second attack, Electro Ball, costs one Lightning and one Colorless energy and deals a flat 70 damage.
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 151, a set of 165 cards, rarity R. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by nagimiso and published 2023-09-22. 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
#101 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 253 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Voltorb.
The more energy it charges up, the faster it gets. But this also makes it more likely to explode.
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.