Character info
The character
Bulbasaur is the Seed Pokémon and the first entry in the National Pokédex, a dual Grass/Poison type known as one of the three original starter Pokémon. It is recognized for the plant bulb on its back, which grows as the creature matures. Bulbasaur evolves into Ivysaur and later Venusaur.
This card
This is Bulbasaur's printing from the Pokémon TCG set 151 (set code MEW), numbered 001/165 with common rarity. The artwork, illustrated by Yuu Nishida, depicts Bulbasaur standing on a sunlit path with mountains and grass in the background. The card carries the standard Pokédex entry text and basic card frame typical of the set.
How it plays
This Basic Pokémon card has 70 HP and is Grass type. Its attack, Leech Seed, costs one Grass and one Colorless energy, deals 20 damage, and heals 20 damage from this Pokémon. It has a weakness to Fire (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 151, a set of 165 cards, rarity C. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Yuu Nishida and published 2023-09-22. 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
#1 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 156 different cards of it exist.
While it is young, it uses the nutrients that are stored in the seed on its back in order to grow.
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.
