Character info
The character
Machamp is a Fighting-type Pokémon known for its four powerful arms, capable of throwing a thousand punches in an instant. It is the final evolution of Machop, widely recognized for its brute strength and use in construction and heavy labor within the Pokémon world. In its Gigantamax form, Machamp grows to an enormous size with glowing, elongated limbs.
This card
This is Machamp VMAX from the Astral Radiance set, numbered 073/189, printed as a Holo Rare VMAX with a Gigantamax treatment. The artwork, illustrated by N-DESIGN Inc., depicts the Gigantamax Machamp in a dynamic pose with swirling cosmic energy in the background. It evolves from Machamp V as indicated on the card.
How it plays
This card has 330 HP and is a Fighting-type Pokémon. Its first attack, Revenge Buster, costs one Fighting and one Colorless energy and does 80+ damage, dealing 140 more damage if the player's Benched Pokémon have any damage counters on them. Its second attack, G-Max Chi Strike, costs two Fighting and one Colorless energy and deals 240 damage, with the effect that during the player's next turn this Pokémon cannot use G-Max Chi Strike again. It has a weakness to Psychic-type attacks (x2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of three.
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 Astral Radiance, a set of 189 cards, rarity Holo Rare VMAX. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by N-DESIGN Inc. and published 2022-05-27. 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
#68 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 282 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Machamp V.
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.