Character info
The character
Oddish is a Grass-type Pokémon known as the Weed Pokémon, recognized for the leaves on its head and its tendency to bury itself in soil during the day. Erika is a Gym Leader in the Pokémon games, specialized in Grass-type Pokémon, and this card represents one of her trained Oddish. She is known for her calm demeanor and her role running the Celadon Gym.
This card
This is Erika's Oddish, card number 78 out of 132 from the Gym Heroes set, printed in 2000 with common rarity. The artwork, illustrated by Ken Sugimori, shows the Oddish standing before a dark tree silhouette against a dusky orange sky. The card bears the classic Gym Heroes yellow border and Trainer-affiliated design elements including Erika's emblem in the corner.
How it plays
Erika's Oddish is a Basic Pokémon with 50 HP. Its first attack, Blot, costs one Grass energy and deals 10 damage, removing one damage counter from Erika's Oddish if any are present. Its second attack, Sporadic Sponging, costs one Grass energy and one colorless energy, deals 20 damage, and if Erika's Oddish has damage counters on it, a coin flip determines whether one is removed. It is weak to Fire, has no listed resistance, and has a retreat cost of one colorless energy.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Gym Heroes, a set of 132 cards, rarity C. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Ken Sugimori and published 2000-08-14. 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
#43 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 156 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
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.
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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.