Character info
The character
Pikachu is the Mouse Pokémon and the most recognizable mascot of the Pokémon franchise, known for its electric powers and its role as Ash Ketchum's partner in the animated series. It stores electricity in its cheek sacs and releases it when threatened. It is a Basic Pokémon classified as National Pokédex No. 0025.
This card
This card is numbered 045/128 from the 30th Celebration set, printed in 2026, and carries the 23/30 confetti holo stamp variant marking the franchise's 30th anniversary. The artwork by Naoyo Kimura depicts Pikachu in a nighttime garden scene among flowering bushes. The card is listed as Rare.
How it plays
Pikachu is a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 60 HP. Its first attack, Nighttime Stroll, costs a single Colorless energy and lets the player draw a card. Its second attack, Static Shock, costs one Lightning and one Colorless energy and deals 20 damage. It has a weakness to Fighting-type attacks (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 Naoyo Kimura 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 · 1,242 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.