Character info
The character
Pikachu is the Mouse Pokémon, National Pokédex No. 0025, and the best-known mascot of the Pokémon franchise. It stores electricity in the pouches on its cheeks and discharges it when threatened. Pikachu serves as Ash Ketchum's partner in the animated series and has become the recognizable face of the Pokémon brand worldwide.
This card
This is Pikachu, card number 052/128 from the 30th Celebration set, printed in 2026. It is a Confetti Holo variant marked with the 30th Anniversary Stamp and numbered 30/30, listed at Rare. The artwork, illustrated by Kazuki Minami, depicts Pikachu mid-action with crackling electric energy radiating around it.
How it plays
This Basic Pokémon has 70 HP and is Lightning type. Its single attack, Angry Bolt, costs one Lightning energy and deals 10 damage plus 10 more for each damage counter already on this Pokémon. It has a weakness to Fighting type (x2), no listed resistance, 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 30th Celebration, a set of 128 cards, rarity Pikachu Rare. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Kazuki Minami 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.
About this card
#25 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 1,242 different cards of it exist.
It has small electric sacs on both its cheeks. When in a tough spot, this Pokémon discharges electricity.
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.