Character info
The character
Pikachu is the Mouse Pokemon and one of the most recognizable creatures in the Pokemon franchise, known for its Electric-type abilities and its role as the partner of the series protagonist Ash Ketchum in the animated show. It stores electricity in its cheeks and can release powerful shocks against opponents. Pikachu has become the mascot of the entire Pokemon brand.
This card
This is the Pikachu card numbered 58/102 from the Base Set, a common printing released in 1999. The artwork, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, depicts Pikachu standing amid green foliage with sparks of electricity visible around its cheeks against a purple forest backdrop. The card carries the standard common rarity symbol and Base Set layout typical of this early printing.
How it plays
This is a Basic Pokemon with 40 HP and a Lightning-type weakness to Fighting. Its first attack, Gnaw, costs a single Colorless energy and deals 10 damage. Its second attack, Thunder Jolt, costs one Lightning and one Colorless energy, deals 30 damage, and has a coin flip effect where tails causes Pikachu to take 10 damage to itself. The retreat cost is 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 Base Set, a set of 102 cards, rarity C. The details on this certificate match it.
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 · 968 different cards of it exist.
When several of these Pokémon gather, their electricity can cause lightning storms.
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.