Character info
The character
Pikachu is the Mouse Pokémon, number 0025 in the National Pokédex, and the franchise's most recognizable mascot. It stores electricity in the pouches on its cheeks and releases it when threatened. Pikachu serves as the signature companion of Ash Ketchum in the Pokémon anime and appears throughout the games, films, and merchandise as the series' enduring icon.
This card
This is Pikachu, card number 046/128 from the 30th Celebration set, printed in a confetti holo treatment as part of a 30th Anniversary Stamp variant numbered 24/30. It is a Basic Pokémon card with the Pikachu Rare designation. The artwork, illustrated by svlt, shows Pikachu perched contentedly on a rock amid greenery and pink flowers, eyes closed in a relaxed pose.
How it plays
Pikachu is a Basic Pokémon with 60 HP and Lightning typing. Its first attack, Get Some Air, costs one Colorless energy and cures this Pokémon of all Special Conditions. Its second attack, Smash Kick, costs two Colorless energy and deals 20 damage. The card has a weakness to Fighting type (x2), 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 30th Celebration, a set of 128 cards, rarity Pikachu Rare. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by svlt and published 2026-09-16. 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
#25 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 1,250 different cards of it exist.
It has small electric sacs on both its cheeks. When in a tough spot, this Pokémon discharges electricity.
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.