Character info
The character
Starmie is a Water-Psychic type Pokémon known for the rotating red core at its center and its star-shaped body. It evolves from Staryu and is recognized for its speed and versatility in battle. In the games and anime, it is a popular choice among Water-type trainers, including Misty.
This card
This is Starmie V, card number 030 out of 189 from the Astral Radiance set, printed in 2022. It is a Full Art Holo rarity card illustrated by Eske Yoshinob, depicting Starmie emerging dramatically from a splash of water against a natural outdoor backdrop. The artwork extends across the full card in the Pokémon V full art treatment.
How it plays
Starmie V is a Basic Pokémon with 190 HP and a Water energy type. Its first attack, Swift, costs two colorless energy and deals 50 damage that ignores Weakness, Resistance, and other effects on the opponent's Active Pokémon. Its second attack, Energy Spiral, costs two Water energy and deals 50 damage for each Energy attached to all of the opponent's Pokémon. It has a weakness to Lightning type (x2), no listed resistance, and follows the V rule granting the opponent two Prize cards when it is Knocked Out.
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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.
Illustrated by Eske Yoshinob and published 2022-05-27. 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
#121 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 206 different cards of it exist.
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.
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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.