Character info
The character
Slowpoke, the Dopey Pokémon, is known for its slow reactions and vacant expression. In the games and anime it is famous for taking five seconds to feel pain and for its tail, which can be used to fish. Some in-universe cultures revere Slowpoke, believing its yawns bring rain.
This card
This is Slowpoke from the Unbroken Bonds set, numbered 42 out of 214, printed as a reverse holo common. The artwork by Kouki Saitou shows Slowpoke lying contentedly in shallow water near a stone ledge. The card bears the 2019 copyright and set symbol consistent with Unbroken Bonds.
How it plays
This Basic Water-type Pokémon has 70 HP. Its first attack, Growl, costs one Water energy and reduces the defending Pokémon's attack damage by 20 during the opponent's next turn, before weakness and resistance. Its second attack, Tail Whap, costs two Colorless energy and deals 20 damage. It has a weakness to Grass-type attacks (×2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of two 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 Unbroken Bonds, a set of 214 cards, rarity C. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Kouki Saitou and published 2019-05-03. 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
#79 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 231 different cards of it exist.
There are some places where Slowpoke is worshiped because of a long-standing belief that whenever Slowpoke yawns, it rains.
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
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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.