Character info
The character
Pikachu is the iconic Electric-type Mouse Pokémon, recognized globally as the mascot of the Pokémon franchise. Known for its lightning-based attacks and its bond with Ash Ketchum in the animated series, it stores electricity in its cheek pouches and discharges it when threatened. It stands 1'4" tall and weighs 13.2 lbs, numbered 0025 in the Pokédex.
This card
This is card 024/128 from the 30th Celebration set, part of a special 30th Anniversary Holo subset numbered 02/30. The artwork by danciao depicts Pikachu crackling with electricity amid a dramatic burst of lightning and debris. The card carries a holographic treatment befitting its anniversary status.
How it plays
This Basic Pokémon has 70 HP and is weak to Fighting-type attacks (x2), with a retreat cost of one colorless energy. Its attack, Volt Tackle, costs one Lightning energy and two Colorless energy, dealing 80 damage, though it also inflicts 30 damage on itself.
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 30th Celebration, a set of 128 cards, rarity Pikachu Rare. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by danciao and published 2026-09-16. 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.
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.