Character info
The character
Spiritomb, the Forbidden Pokémon, is a Ghost-type formed by the binding of 108 spirits sealed within an Odd Keystone. Known in the games for its unusual encounter method requiring 32 villager signatures, it is depicted as a mass of shadowy spirits bound to a small carved stone. It is recognized for its unique lore tying it to folklore of sin and punishment.
This card
This is Spiritomb from the Pitch Black set, numbered 035/084, marked with a star rarity symbol and a holofoil treatment. The artwork, illustrated by danciao, shows the pink spirit mass with its keystone companion set against a glowing green and rocky background. The card bears the J variant marking alongside the set code PBL and English language print.
How it plays
This is a Basic Psychic-type Pokémon with 60 HP. Its printed ability, Spiritual End, states that if the player has 13 or more Pokémon with the Hide 'n' Sneak Ability in their discard pile, they may choose 2 of the opponent's Pokémon and quadruple the number of damage counters on each. The card shows a weakness to Darkness types (×2), a resistance of -30 to Fighting types, and a retreat cost of one Colorless energy.
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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 Rare. The details on this certificate match it.
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
#442 in the National Pokédex · a Generation IV Pokémon · 179 different cards of it exist.
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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
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.