Character info
The character
Celebi is a Mythical Pokémon known as the Voice of the Forest, said to travel through time and appear in forests to keep them healthy. It first appeared in the Pokémon games and animated series, often linked to themes of time travel and nature's restoration. In the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Celebi frequently appears with grass-type support abilities reflecting its healing, forest-guardian role.
This card
This is Celebi VMAX from the Chilling Reign set, numbered 008/198, printed as a Rainbow Secret Rare in 2021. The card features an oversized, full-art illustration by PLANETA Tsuji showing Celebi's Dynamaxed form set against a vivid, rainbow-foiled background. It evolves from Celebi V and carries the VMAX rule text along the bottom of the card.
How it plays
This Grass-type Pokémon has 310 HP and a retreat cost of one Colorless energy, with a weakness to Fire-type attacks (×2). Its Ability, Curative Forest, allows the player to heal 20 damage from each of their Grass Pokémon once per turn. Its attack, Max Plant, costs one Grass and one Colorless energy, deals 130 damage, and lets the player search their deck for up to 2 Pokémon to add to their hand before shuffling the deck. As a VMAX Pokémon, if it is Knocked Out, the opponent takes 3 Prize cards.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Chilling Reign, a set of 198 cards, rarity Holo Rare VMAX. 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
#251 in the National Pokédex · a Generation II Pokémon · 205 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Celebi V.
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Authenticity
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How this card was graded
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The working behind this grade
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