Character info
The character
Miraidon is one of the two cover Legendary Pokémon of the Scarlet and Violet games, representing a futuristic, electric-type dragon-like being from Paldea. It is known as the Paradox Pokémon, associated with time and advanced technology. In its games it serves as the player's mount and key story figure for the Violet version.
This card
This is a Basic Pokémon ex card, number 028 from the SVP Black Star Promos set, a promotional release from 2023 with no numbered rarity tier beyond its PROMO designation. The artwork shows Miraidon in a dynamic electric pose against a swirling blue and purple background, illustrated by 5ban Graphics.
How it plays
Miraidon ex is a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 220 HP, weak to Fighting type (x2) and a retreat cost of one. Its Ability, Tandem Unit, lets the player search their deck once per turn for up to two Basic Lightning Pokémon and place them onto the Bench, then shuffle the deck. Its attack, Photon Blaster, costs two Lightning Energy and one Colorless Energy, deals 220 damage, but prevents the Pokémon from attacking on the following turn.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in SVP Black Star Promos, a set of 225 cards, rarity PROMO. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by 5ban Graphics and published 2023-03-31. 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
#1008 in the National Pokédex · a Generation IX Pokémon · 151 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
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.