Character info
The character
Unown is a Psychic-type Pokemon known for its many forms, each shaped like a letter or symbol, and for its mysterious, inscrutable nature. It rarely battles and is more often associated with ancient ruins and hidden messages. In the games and anime it is depicted as appearing in large groups within ruins, hinting at a connection to ancient writing systems.
This card
This is Unown V from the Silver Tempest set, numbered 177 out of 195, printed in 2022 as a Full Art card with a special rarity marked S on the slab and SR in catalogue listings. The artwork by Toshinao Aoki depicts numerous Unown of different letter forms scattered across ancient ruins overgrown with jungle vegetation. The illustrator's name is printed in the lower left corner of the card.
How it plays
This Basic Pokemon has 180 HP and is Psychic type. Its first attack, Shady Stamp, costs one Psychic energy, deals 30 damage, and confuses the opponent's Active Pokemon. Its second attack, Victory Symbol, costs three colorless energy and causes the player to win the game if used while they have only one Prize card remaining. It has weakness to Darkness type at double damage, resistance to Fighting type at minus 30, and a retreat cost of one colorless energy, with the V rule granting the opponent two Prize cards if this Pokemon is knocked out.
Written with AI from the card and its catalogue entry, and checked by WinnTCG.
Share this card
An image of the graded card, sized for eBay and social posts. The grade, the certificate number and the verification link travel with it.
Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Silver Tempest, a set of 195 cards, rarity SR. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Toshinao Aoki and published 2022-11-11. 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
#201 in the National Pokédex · a Generation II Pokémon · 381 different cards of it exist.
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.