Character info
The character
Charmander is the Lizard Pokémon, numbered 004 in the national Pokédex, and the Fire-type starter of the Kanto region. It evolves into Charmeleon and eventually Charizard. Charmander is known for the flame that burns at the tip of its tail, said to reflect its life force and emotions.
This card
This is Charmander from the Pokémon GO set, numbered 008/078 with common rarity. The card is a Basic Fire-type Pokémon with 60 HP, illustrated by saino misaki. Artwork shows Charmander on rocky terrain under a blue sky, with the Pokémon GO logo displayed in the image, indicating the special Pokémon GO stamped variant.
How it plays
As printed, this Basic Pokémon has 60 HP and a single attack called Tail on Fire, which costs one Fire energy, deals 10 damage, and lets the player search their deck for a Fire Energy card to attach to this Pokémon before shuffling the deck. It has a weakness to Water-type attacks (x2), no listed 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 Pokémon GO, a set of 78 cards, rarity C. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by saino misaki and published 2022-07-01. 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
#4 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 243 different cards of it exist.
It has a preference for hot things. When it rains, steam is said to spout from the tip of its tail.
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.