Character info
The character
Malamar is the Overturning Pokémon, numbered 687 in the National Pokédex, and the evolved form of Inkay. It is known for its powerful hypnotic abilities, which it uses to control the minds of others and force them to act against their will. Malamar appears prominently in Pokémon lore as a psychic and dark type creature associated with manipulation.
This card
This is Malamar from the XY Base Set, numbered 77 out of 146, printed in 2014 as a reverse holo card with standard rarity. The artwork, illustrated by 5ban Graphics, shows Malamar standing on rocky desert terrain beneath a cloudy sky, arms spread wide. The card carries the Stage 1 designation, evolving from Inkay.
How it plays
This Psychic-type Stage 1 Pokémon has 100 HP. Its first attack, Mental Panic, costs a single Psychic energy and deals 30 damage, with a coin flip that can negate the Defending Pokémon's next attack on tails. Its second attack, Puncture, costs two Psychic energy plus one additional energy and deals 70 damage that ignores Resistance. It has a weakness to Fighting-type attacks (x2), a resistance of -20 to Psychic-type attacks, and a retreat cost of two 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 XY, a set of 146 cards, rarity R. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by 5ban Graphics and published 2014-02-05. 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
#687 in the National Pokédex · a Generation VI Pokémon · 151 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Inkay.
It wields the most compelling hypnotic powers of any Pokémon, and it forces others to do whatever it wants.
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Authenticity
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How this card was graded
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The working behind this grade
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