Character info
The character
Charmander is one of the original starter Pokémon from the Kanto region, a small Fire-type lizard known for the flame that burns at the tip of its tail. It eventually evolves into Charmeleon and then Charizard. Its tail flame reflects its health and mood, and it is said its life would end if that flame went out.
This card
This is Charmander from the Pokémon 151 set, numbered 168/165, a secret illustration rare printed beyond the base set's 165 card count. The artwork by Miki Kudo depicts Charmander perched on a rocky formation inside a glowing cave, with a holographic foil treatment across the card. The card carries the MEW set code and was released in 2023.
How it plays
This Basic Pokémon card has 70 HP and is a Fire-type. Its first attack, Blazing Destruction, requires one Fire energy and discards a Stadium card in play. Its second attack, Steady Firebreathing, costs two Fire energy and deals 30 damage. The card lists a weakness to Water-type attacks (x2), no resistance, and a retreat cost of one 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 151, a set of 165 cards, rarity Illustration rare. 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
#4 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 243 different cards of it exist.
From the time it is born, a flame burns at the tip of its tail. Its life would end if the flame were to go out.
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.