Character info
The character
Charizard is the final evolution of the Charmander line, a Fire/Flying-type dragon-like Pokémon famed for its flight and fierce flame attacks. It has long been one of the franchise's most popular and recognizable Pokémon, frequently featured as a powerful evolution in both games and the card franchise. In the Pokémon TCG, Charizard cards are historically among the most sought after by collectors.
This card
This is Charizard ex from the Obsidian Flames set, numbered 125 out of 197 in the base set, printed as a Tera Holofoil with RR rarity. The card uses the Tera crystal treatment, depicting Charizard rendered in a faceted, crystalline Fire-type Tera texture against a colorful background. The artwork is credited to 5ban Graphics, who illustrated the dramatic close-up pose of the dragon with its mouth open and wings spread.
How it plays
This Stage 2 Pokémon evolves from Charmeleon and has 330 HP with a Fire energy type. Its printed ability, Infernal Reign, allows the player to search the deck for up to 3 Basic Fire Energy cards and attach them when this card is played from hand to evolve a Pokémon. Its attack, Burning Darkness, costs two Fire energy and deals 180+ damage, adding 30 more damage for each Prize card the opponent has taken. The card has a weakness to Grass-type attacks (x2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of two energy; as a Pokémon ex, it gives up 2 Prize cards when knocked out.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Obsidian Flames, a set of 197 cards, rarity RR. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by 5ban Graphics and published 2023-08-11. 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
#6 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 679 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Charmeleon.
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.