Character info
The character
Friends in Galar depicts a group of trainers and rivals from the Pokémon Sword and Shield games, set in the Galar region. The characters shown include Hop and other companions the player meets during their journey. The card captures a lighthearted moment among friends at what appears to be a festival or fairground.
This card
This is a Trainer Gallery Supporter card from the Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery subset, numbered TG23 out of TG30, printed in 2022. It carries an SR rarity designation and the Full Art Trainer treatment, featuring a holographic finish. The artwork, illustrated by Sanosuke Sakuma, shows five Galar-region characters posed together under festival lights.
How it plays
As a Supporter card, Friends in Galar lets the player draw 3 cards when played. Only one Supporter card may be played per turn, as noted in the card's rules box.
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 Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery, a set of 30 cards, rarity Full Art Trainer. 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.
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.