Character info
The character
Staryu, the Starshape Pokémon, is a starfish-like creature numbered 120 in the national Pokédex. It is known for its central red core gem and its ability to regenerate any lost limb effortlessly. Staryu evolves into Starmie and is commonly associated with water environments and the Cerulean Gym.
This card
This is Staryu from the Base Set, printed in 1999 as card 65 of 102, with common rarity. It is a Shadowless era variant, water type with 40 HP, and the artwork by Keiji Kinebuchi depicts the Pokémon lying on a sandy surface with its gem glinting at the center.
How it plays
As printed, Staryu is a Basic Pokémon with 40 HP and a single attack, Slap, which costs one Water energy and deals 20 damage. It has a weakness to Lightning, 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 Base Set, a set of 102 cards, rarity C. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi and published 1999-01-09. 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
#120 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 156 different cards of it exist.
An enigmatic Pokémon that can effortlessly regenerate any appendage it loses in battle.
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.