Character info
The character
Melmetal is a Steel-type Pokemon first introduced in Pokemon Let's Go and later Pokemon Sword and Shield, formed when numerous Meltan combine together. It is known as the evolved form of Meltan, a mythical Pokemon associated with hidden treasure and the Mystery Box event. Melmetal is prized for its enormous physical strength, capable of bending steel beams with ease.
This card
This is Melmetal ex, card number 105 out of 142 from the Stellar Crown set, printed in 2024 as a holo variant of RR rarity. The artwork, illustrated by takuyoa, depicts Melmetal mid-motion with scattered debris and a swirling metallic design. The card is a Stage 1 Pokemon that evolves from Meltan.
How it plays
Melmetal ex has 280 HP and is a Stage 1 Pokemon evolving from Meltan. Its attack, Iron Swing, costs two Colorless energy and two additional energy, and instructs the player to flip two coins, dealing 100 damage for each heads. It has a weakness to Fire-type attacks (x2), a resistance of -30 to Grass-type attacks, and a retreat cost of three energy. As a Pokemon ex, when it is knocked out the opponent takes two Prize cards instead of one.
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 Stellar Crown, a set of 142 cards, rarity RR. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by takuyoa and published 2024-09-13. 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
#809 in the National Pokédex · a Generation VII Pokémon · 151 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Meltan.
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.