Character info
The character
Absol is a Dark-type Pokémon known in the games and anime as an omen of natural disasters, though it is actually drawn to disasters rather than causing them. Its Mega Evolution grants it large white wings and enhanced dark-type power, a form introduced in later generations. Absol is often portrayed as misunderstood, feared by humans despite trying to warn them of coming danger.
This card
This is Mega Absol ex, numbered 161/132 in the Mega Evolution set, a secret rare holo card beyond the base print run. The artwork, illustrated by aky CG Works, depicts Absol mid-transformation with sweeping white wings against a dark gold and blue background. The card carries the Mega Evolution ex treatment, with the silhouette of base Absol shown faintly behind the Mega form.
How it plays
Mega Absol ex is a Basic Pokémon with 280 HP, weak to Grass-type attacks (x2) and retreat cost of two. Its first attack, Terminal Period, costs one Darkness and one Colorless energy and knocks out the opponent's Active Pokémon if it has exactly 6 damage counters on it. Its second attack, Claw of Darkness, costs two Darkness and one Colorless energy, deals 200 damage, and forces the opponent to reveal their hand so a card found there can be discarded. As a Mega Evolution ex, its being Knocked Out gives the opponent 3 Prize cards instead of the usual amount.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Mega Evolution, a set of 132 cards, rarity SR. The details on this certificate match it.
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
#359 in the National Pokédex · a Generation III Pokémon · 171 different cards of it exist.
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Authenticity
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How this card was graded
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The working behind this grade
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