Character info
The character
Goldeen is a Water-type Pokemon known as the Goldfish Pokemon. It is recognized for its flowing, elegant fins, which it uses to swim gracefully and which give it the nickname Water Dancer. It can later evolve into Seaking.
This card
This is Goldeen, numbered 087/084 from the Pitch Black set, marked as an Illustration Rare with a Full Art treatment. The artwork, illustrated by Gemi, depicts Goldeen and several companions swimming beneath rippling water with their fins trailing in the current. The card carries a printed star rarity symbol consistent with its Illustration Rare status.
How it plays
Goldeen is a Basic Pokemon with 70 HP and a Water energy type. It has one attack, Pierce, which costs two Colorless energy and deals 30 damage. It has a weakness to Lightning-type attacks at 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 Pitch Black, a set of 84 cards, rarity AR. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Gemi and published 2026-07-17. 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
#118 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 112 different cards of it exist.
From the card and the public catalogue, not written by WinnTCG.
Authenticity
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How this card was graded
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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.