Character info
The character
Unown is a Psychic-type Pokemon species notable for its many forms, each shaped like a letter or symbol, with eyes in the center of its body. It is known for appearing in large swarms and for its mysterious, ancient hieroglyph-like nature, often linked to puzzles and hidden chambers in its games. Unown rarely battles conventionally and is mostly recognized for its strange, uniform appearance across its many variants.
This card
This is Unown VSTAR, card 066/195 from the Pokemon Silver Tempest set, printed as a Holofoil VSTAR rarity card in 2022. The artwork, illustrated by PLANETA Mochizuki, depicts several Unown forms swirling together against a cosmic, starry background with golden energy trails. The card evolves from Unown V and carries the VSTAR treatment with its characteristic foil border and star emblem.
How it plays
Unown VSTAR has 250 HP and a Psychic typing. Its attack, Tri Power, costs a single Psychic energy and has players flip 3 coins, dealing 70 damage for each heads. Its VSTAR Power, Star Cipher, costs three energy of any type and grants an ability making the Weakness of all opponent's Pokemon in play become Psychic type, without changing the amount of Weakness. The card has weakness to Darkness types (x2), resistance to Fighting types (-30), and a retreat cost of one energy.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Silver Tempest, a set of 195 cards, rarity Holo Rare VSTAR. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by PLANETA Mochizuki and published 2022-11-11. 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
#201 in the National Pokédex · a Generation II Pokémon · 397 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Unown V.
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.