Character info
The character
Blacephalon is an Ultra Beast introduced in Pokémon Sun and Moon, a fire-type entity from another dimension that resembles a clown with an explosive head. It is known for its ability Beast Boost and its theatrical, bomb-like appearance, often causing destructive explosions. In the games and anime it is portrayed as an unsettling, mischievous creature tied to the Ultra Wormholes.
This card
This is Blacephalon GX, card 028/173 with RR rarity from the Japanese set SM12a, TAG TEAM GX Tag All Stars, released in 2019. The artwork, illustrated by 5ban Graphics, depicts Blacephalon mid-explosion against a lightning-streaked purple backdrop. The card uses a holographic treatment typical of the GX rarity line.
How it plays
This Basic Pokémon has 180 HP and is Fire type. Its first attack, Burst Burner, costs one Fire energy and burns and confuses the opponent's Active Pokémon. Its second attack, Shock Wave Head, costs two Fire energy and deals 50 damage multiplied by the number of Fire Energy cards discarded from the Lost Zone that were attached to the user's Pokémon. Its GX attack, Burst GX, costs one Fire energy, discards a card from the player's prize cards and attaches it if it is an energy card, usable only once per game. It has a water weakness of x2, no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of two 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 TAG TEAM GX タッグオールスターズ, a set of 173 cards, rarity RR. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by 5ban Graphics and published 2019-10-04. 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
#806 in the National Pokédex · a Generation VII Pokémon · 52 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
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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.