Character info
The character
Starmie is a mysterious starfish-like Pokémon known as the Mysterious Pokémon. It evolves from Staryu and is recognized for its radiant core jewel, said to flash colors like a rainbow. It is known for high-speed swimming and spinning through water, and for absorbing small floating organisms as it moves.
This card
This is Starmie from the 151 set, numbered 121/151, printed as a Holo rarity card marked R. The artwork, illustrated by Arai Kiriko, depicts Starmie glowing against a dark coral reef backdrop, its central gem radiating light. The card is a Stage 1 evolution card printed in Simplified Chinese.
How it plays
This card has 90 HP and is a Water-type Stage 1 Pokémon evolving from Staryu. Its Ability, Mysterious Comet, can be used once per turn: place 2 damage counters on one of the opponent's Pokémon, then discard that Pokémon along with all cards attached to it. Its attack, High Speed Strike, costs one Water and one Colorless energy and deals 50 damage. It has a weakness to Lightning (x2) 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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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.