Character info
The character
Solgaleo is the Sunne Pokémon from the Alola region, first appearing in the Pokémon Sun and Moon games as a Psychic/Steel-type Legendary. It is known as the Beast That Devours the Sun, radiating boundless light energy from within its body. It evolves from Cosmoem and serves as a central mascot of its generation.
This card
This is card number 105 of 128 from the 30th Celebration set, printed as a Stage 2 Pokémon with the rarity marked R. The card carries the Pikachu 30th Anniversary Stamp variant treatment, shown as a Pikachu silhouette with a number stamped over its ears in the lower right of the artwork. The illustration, depicting Solgaleo roaring amid ruins under a glowing sun, is credited to Nurikabe.
How it plays
Solgaleo is a Stage 2 Pokémon with 170 HP, evolving from Cosmoem. It has the Ability Sunrise, which, once per turn while benched, lets the player search their deck for up to 2 Basic Metal Energy cards and attach them to it, then shuffle the deck. Its attack, Sunsteel Strike, costs two Metal Energy and two Colorless Energy to deal 220 damage, after which all Energy attached to it is discarded. It has a weakness to Fire (×2), a resistance to Grass (-30), and a retreat cost of two.
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 R. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Nurikabe 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.
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.