Character info
The character
Haunter is a Ghost/Poison-type Pokemon, the evolved form of Gastly and the middle stage before Gengar. Known in the games and anime for lurking in darkness and licking unsuspecting victims, it is the Gas Pokemon, numbered 093 in the national Pokedex. It is said to steal life force from those it touches, and its presence is often felt rather than seen.
This card
This is Haunter from the Evolutions set, card number 48 out of 108, printed in 2016 as a reverse holo in Uncommon rarity. The artwork by Keiji Kinebuchi depicts Haunter lunging forward with arms outstretched against a dark background. The reverse holo treatment gives the card's surface a rainbow sheen across the text boxes and border.
How it plays
This Stage 1 Pokemon evolves from Gastly, has 70 HP, and is a Psychic-type card. It knows Hypnosis for a single Psychic energy, which puts the opponent's Active Pokemon to sleep, and Dream Eater for one Psychic and one Colorless energy, dealing 80 damage but only if the opponent's Active Pokemon is already Asleep. It has a weakness to Darkness-type attacks (x2), a resistance of -20 to Fighting-type attacks, 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 Evolutions, a set of 108 cards, rarity U. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi and published 2016-11-02. 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
#93 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 173 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Gastly.
If you get the feeling of being watched in darkness when nobody is around, Haunter is there.
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
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The working behind this grade
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