Character info
The character
Virizion is one of the three Swords of Justice from the Pokémon video game series, a Grass-type legendary known for its elegant, blade-like horns and noble bearing. In the games and animated adaptations it is portrayed as a protector of the weak, fighting alongside Cobalion and Terrakion. It is often associated with speed and precision in battle.
This card
This is Virizion V, card number 164 out of 189 from the Astral Radiance set, printed as a Full Art rare (SR). The artwork by Saki Hayashiro depicts Virizion in a dynamic pose against a pink and orange cosmic background, with foil treatment covering the full illustration area.
How it plays
As a Basic Pokémon with 200 HP, Virizion V has the Ability Verdant Wind, which cures and protects any of your Pokémon holding Psychic Energy from Special Conditions. Its attack, Emerald Blade, costs two Grass Energy and one Colorless Energy, deals 200 damage, but prevents this Pokémon from attacking on the following turn. It has a weakness to Fire-type attacks (x2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of one Colorless Energy.
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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 SR. The details on this certificate match it.
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
#640 in the National Pokédex · a Generation V Pokémon · 122 different cards of it exist.
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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
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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.