Character info
The character
Deoxys is a Psychic-type Pokémon known as the DNA Pokémon, originating from mutated space virus DNA. It is a Mythical Pokémon first introduced in the Generation III games, notable for its ability to change forms and its strong ties to extraterrestrial origin. Deoxys is often associated with meteorites and auroras in its lore.
This card
This is Deoxys, card number 120 out of 264 from the Fusion Strike set, printed in 2021 as a Holo Rare. The artwork, illustrated by Kouki Saitou, depicts Deoxys with glowing energy effects and the Fusion Strike, Single Strike, and Rapid Strike banners in the upper right corner. The card has a purple-bordered Psychic-type design typical of its era.
How it plays
Deoxys is a Basic Pokémon with 120 HP and a Psychic typing. Its attack, Photon Boost, costs three Psychic energy and deals 80+ damage, with the text noting it deals 80 more damage if this Pokémon has any Fusion Strike Energy attached. It has a weakness to Darkness types (x2), a resistance to Fighting types (-30), 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 Fusion Strike, a set of 264 cards, rarity Holo Rare. 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
#386 in the National Pokédex · a Generation III Pokémon · 231 different cards of it exist.
DNA from a space virus mutated and became a Pokémon. It appears where auroras are seen.
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.