Character info
The character
Starmie, the Mysterious Pokemon, is the evolved form of Staryu and National Pokedex entry number 121. It is known for its star-shaped, crystalline body with a glowing red core, which has led locals in the games' lore to suspect it may be of alien origin. Starmie is a well-known Water-type Pokemon frequently used for its speed and versatility.
This card
This card is from the Pokemon Evolutions set, numbered 31 out of 108, printed in 2016 as a Holo Rare. The artwork, illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi, depicts Starmie's gem-like body glowing against a dark, star-streaked background. The card lists Starmie at Level 28 evolving from Staryu, with the Pokedex entry describing its geometric body and alien-like appearance.
How it plays
This Stage 1 Pokemon has 90 HP and a Water-type symbol. Its Ability, Space Beacon, lets the player discard a card once per turn before attacking to retrieve two basic Energy cards from the discard pile into hand. Its attack, Star Freeze, costs one Water and two Colorless Energy, deals 30 damage, and has a chance via coin flip to Paralyze the opponent's Active Pokemon. The card has a weakness to Grass-type attacks (x2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of one Colorless Energy.
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 Evolutions, a set of 108 cards, rarity R. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi and published 2016-11-02. 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
#121 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 205 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Staryu.
This Pokémon has a geometric body. Because of its body, the locals suspect that it is an alien creature.
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.