Character info
The character
Lycanroc is the Wolf Pokémon, the evolved form of Rockruff, known in the games for its multiple regional forms and its loyalty to trusted Trainers. It is a Rock-type known for its sharp claws and fangs, used to hunt down prey with fierce determination. In the anime and games it is often portrayed as a fast, aggressive battler bonded closely to its Trainer.
This card
This is Lycanroc from the Journey Together set, numbered 085/159, printed as a holofoil Stage 1 card. The artwork, illustrated by Shiburingaru, depicts Lycanroc leaping forward over rocky desert terrain with a cactus and dust cloud in the background. The card shows the 2025 copyright line and the Journey Together set logo marking it as part of that release.
How it plays
This Stage 1 Fighting-type Pokémon has 120 HP and evolves from Rockruff. Its Ability, Spike-Clad, lets the player attach up to 2 Spiky Energy cards from the discard pile to this Pokémon when it is played from hand to evolve another Pokémon during the turn. Its attack, Clamping Fangs, costs three Colorless energy and deals 40 damage plus 40 more for each damage counter already on the opponent's Active Pokémon. It has a weakness to Grass-type attacks (x2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of two energy.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Journey Together, a set of 159 cards, rarity R. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Shiburingaru and published 2025-03-28. 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
#745 in the National Pokédex · a Generation VII Pokémon · 258 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Rockruff.
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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
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