Character info
The character
Pikachu is the Mouse Pokemon and the most recognizable mascot of the Pokemon franchise, best known as the loyal partner of series protagonist Ash Ketchum. It stores electricity in the pouches on its cheeks and releases powerful discharges when threatened. Pikachu has appeared across the games, anime, and countless merchandise lines since the franchise began.
This card
This is card 037/128 from the 30th Celebration set, a Basic Pikachu printed in the Confetti Holo treatment and marked with the Pikachu 30th Anniversary Stamp, numbered 15/30. The artwork by Yuu Nishida depicts Pikachu leaping joyfully through a sunlit forest clearing with sparks and lightning bolts radiating around it. The card carries a textured, sparkle-patterned holographic border consistent with the set's anniversary styling.
How it plays
Pikachu is a Basic Lightning-type Pokemon with 70 HP, weak to Fighting types (x2) and a retreat cost of one colorless energy. Its first attack, Energized Tail, costs one colorless energy and lets the player search their deck for an Energy card, reveal it, add it to hand, then shuffle. Its second attack, Pika Punch, costs one Lightning and one colorless energy and deals 30 damage.
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 30th Celebration, a set of 128 cards, rarity Pikachu Rare. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Yuu Nishida and published 2026-09-16. 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
#25 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 1,242 different cards of it exist.
It has small electric sacs on both its cheeks. When in a tough spot, this Pokémon discharges electricity.
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.