Character info
The character
Miraidon is one of the legendary Paradox Pokémon introduced in the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet games, serving as the game's mascot legendary for Scarlet's counterpart title Violet. It is an Electric-type Pokémon theorized to be a futuristic counterpart to Koraidon, known for its powerful electrical abilities and role in the story's central conflict. In the games it can transform between a compact and a battle mode.
This card
This is Miraidon ex, card number 028 from the SVP Black Star Promos set, a 2023 Pokémon promo release. It is a holo promo printing with no numbered rarity tier beyond its PROMO designation. The artwork, illustrated by 5ban Graphics, depicts Miraidon in a dynamic pose amid sparking electrical energy.
How it plays
This Basic Pokémon has 220 HP and is Lightning type. Its Ability, Tandem Unit, lets the player once per turn search their deck for up to 2 Basic Lightning Pokémon and put 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. It has a weakness to Fighting type (x2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of one Colorless Energy. As a Pokémon ex, when it is Knocked Out the opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in SVP Black Star Promos, a set of 225 cards, rarity PROMO. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by 5ban Graphics and published 2023-03-31. 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
#1008 in the National Pokédex · a Generation IX Pokémon · 151 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.
