Character info
The character
Pidgeot is the final evolution of Pidgey, a Normal/Flying-type bird Pokémon known for its speed in flight and its role as an early recurring companion in the Pokémon series, most famously associated with Ash's Kanto journey. It is recognized for its elegant plumage and its ability to generate powerful gusts with its wings.
This card
This is Pidgeot V, card 137 out of 196 from the Lost Origin set, printed in 2022 as a holo rare full art. The artwork, illustrated by Saki Hayashiro, depicts Pidgeot in flight against a forested backdrop, its wings spread and talons extended toward the viewer. The card carries the V marker and corresponding V rule text at the bottom of the frame.
How it plays
Pidgeot V is a Basic Pokémon with 210 HP, weak to Lightning (x2) and resistant to Fighting (-30), with a retreat cost of one. Its Ability, Vanishing Wings, lets the player once per turn shuffle this Pokémon and all attached cards into the deck if it is on the Bench. Its attack, Flight Surf, costs three colorless energy and deals 80 damage plus 80 more if the player has a Stadium in play.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Lost Origin, a set of 196 cards, rarity Holo Rare V. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Saki Hayashiro and published 2022-09-09. 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
#18 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 160 different cards of it exist.
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.