Character info
The character
Pikachu is the Mouse Pokémon, National Pokédex number 0025, and the most recognizable mascot of the Pokémon franchise. It stores electricity in the pouches on its cheeks and discharges it when angered or threatened. Known for its loyalty and appearance alongside Ash Ketchum in the animated series, it has become an enduring symbol of the brand.
This card
This is Pikachu from the Paldean Fates set, numbered 018/091, printed as a Cosmos Holo variant with the common rarity symbol. The artwork by OKACHEKE depicts Pikachu leaping through a city street scene, with a small shiny Eevee icon in the lower corner marking the set's special collector feature. The card carries the standard Basic Pokémon layout with Pokédex data printed beneath the illustration.
How it plays
This Basic Pokémon has 70 HP and a Lightning energy type. Its first attack, Growl, costs one Colorless energy and causes the Defending Pokémon's attacks to do 20 less damage during the opponent's next turn, before weakness and resistance. Its second attack, Pika Bolt, costs one Lightning and one Colorless energy and deals 30 damage. It has a weakness to Fighting type of x2, no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of one 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 Paldean Fates, a set of 91 cards, rarity C. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by OKACHEKE and published 2024-01-26. 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
#25 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 1,205 different cards of it exist.
When it is angered, it immediately discharges the energy stored in the pouches in its cheeks.
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.