Character info
The character
Armarouge is a Fire Warrior Pokémon that evolves from Charcadet. It wears armor fortified by psychic and fire energy, which it uses to hurl blazing fireballs at opponents. It is known as a disciplined, knightly figure among Fire-type Pokémon.
This card
This is card 012/084 from the Pitch Black (PBL) set, printed in 2026 as a reverse holo variant with Rarity R. The artwork by Jiro Sasumo depicts Armarouge mid-battle, surrounded by swirling flames with its signature armored fists raised. The card marks a Stage 1 evolution line, noting its evolution from Charcadet.
How it plays
Armarouge is a Stage 1 Fire-type Pokémon with 140 HP. Its attack, Flame Legion, costs a single Fire Energy and deals 40+ damage, increased by 40 more damage for each of the player's Benched Pokémon that has any Fire Energy attached. It has a Weakness to Water-type attacks (×2), no listed Resistance, and a Retreat Cost of two Colorless Energy.
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 Pitch Black, a set of 84 cards, rarity R. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Jiro Sasumo and published 2026-07-17. 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
#936 in the National Pokédex · a Generation IX Pokémon · 102 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Charcadet.
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.