Character info
The character
Electrode is the Ball Pokémon, National Pokédex No. 101, which evolves from Voltorb. It is known for its spherical body and volatile temperament, storing enormous amounts of electric energy that it releases in powerful explosions. In the games and anime it is often depicted as a creature that reacts violently to shocks or disturbances.
This card
This is Electrode from the Fusion Strike set, numbered 088/264, printed in a Cosmos Holo variant at Rare rarity. The artwork, illustrated by Kouki Saitou, shows the Pokémon mid-explosion with sparks and fractured energy scattering across the frame. It bears the Single Strike emblem in the upper right corner of the card.
How it plays
This Stage 1 Pokémon has 90 HP and evolves from Voltorb, with a retreat cost of one Colorless Energy. Its first attack, Sonic Boom, costs one Colorless Energy and deals 40 damage that is not affected by Weakness or Resistance. Its second attack, Explosion, costs one Colorless Energy and deals 120 damage, but also deals 90 damage to itself. It has a weakness to Fighting-type attacks at x2 and no listed resistance.
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 Fusion Strike, a set of 264 cards, rarity R. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Kouki Saitou and published 2021-11-12. 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
#101 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 253 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Voltorb.
It stores an overflowing amount of electric energy inside its body. Even a small shock makes it explode.
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.