Character info
The character
Pikachu is the Mouse Pokemon and the most recognizable mascot of the Pokemon franchise, known for storing electricity in its cheek pouches. It is Ash Ketchum's signature partner in the animated series and a beloved starter-like figure across games and media. Pikachu is famed for discharging powerful electric shocks when startled or angered.
This card
This is Pikachu from the 151 set (MEW), numbered 173/165, a Full Art Secret Rare illustrated by Hiroyuki Yamamoto. The artwork depicts Pikachu running through a bustling outdoor market crosswalk alongside other Pokemon and two trainers. The card carries the set's 2023 copyright line and English-language text.
How it plays
This Basic Pokemon has 60 HP and is Lightning type. Its first attack, Charge, costs one Lightning Energy and lets the player search their deck for a Basic Lightning Energy card, attach it to this Pokemon, then shuffle the deck. Its second attack, Pika Punch, costs two Lightning Energy and one Colorless Energy and deals 50 damage. It has a weakness to Fighting type (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 151, a set of 165 cards, rarity AR. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Hiroyuki Yamamoto and published 2023-09-22. 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 · 969 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.