Character info
The character
Genesect is a Bug/Steel-type Pokémon known as the Paleozoic Pokémon, a prehistoric insect revived and modified with cybernetic parts by Team Plasma. It is recognized as a Mythical Pokémon tied to the fifth-generation games and the animated film Extremespeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens. In the Pokémon Trading Card Game, it is often depicted as a powerful mechanical attacker aligned with Team Plasma.
This card
This is Genesect EX, numbered 11/101 in the 30th Celebration set, printed under the Pokémon TCG in 2013 and reissued as part of the 30th Celebration Classic Collection with a Pikachu stamp marked 30 in the corner. The card is marked as Rare and bears the Team Plasma logo. The artwork by Eske Yoshinob shows Genesect emerging amid electrical energy with a crystalline, metallic design.
How it plays
Genesect EX is a Basic Pokémon with 170 HP and a Grass energy type. Its Ability, Red Signal, allows the player to switch one of the opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon when a Plasma Energy is attached from hand to this Pokémon. Its attack, Megalo Cannon, costs two Grass Energy and one Colorless Energy, deals 100 damage, and also does 20 damage to one of the opponent's Benched Pokémon without applying Weakness or Resistance. It has a Weakness to Fire (x2), no listed Resistance, and a retreat cost of one Colorless Energy.
Written with AI from the card and its catalogue entry, and checked by WinnTCG.
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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.