Character info
The character
Aerodactyl is a Fossil Pokémon revived from Antique Old Amber, known as a prehistoric flying reptile. In the games and anime it is portrayed as a fierce, ancient predator with sawlike fangs capable of shredding even Steel-type skin. It is classified as number 0142 in the Pokédex and is associated with ancient fossils brought back to life.
This card
This is Aerodactyl, numbered 142/165 in the Pokémon 151 set (set code MEW), printed in 2023 with Colorless typing and 130 HP. It is a holofoil Stage 1 card with Rare rarity, illustrated by Shinji Kanda. The artwork shows Aerodactyl bursting through jungle foliage and vines, baring its fangs amid rocky, fossil-strewn terrain.
How it plays
As printed, this Stage 1 Pokémon has 130 HP and evolves from Antique Old Amber. Its first attack, Glide, costs one Colorless energy and deals 30 damage. Its second attack, Devolution Ray, costs two Colorless energy and deals 100 damage; if the opponent's Active Pokémon is an evolved Pokémon, it devolves it by returning its highest Stage Evolution card to the opponent's hand. The card lists a weakness to Lightning (×2) and a resistance of -30 to Fighting.
Written with AI from the card and its catalogue entry, and checked by WinnTCG.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in 151, a set of 165 cards, rarity R. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Shinji Kanda and published 2023-09-22. 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
#142 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 149 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Antique Old Amber.
Aerodactyl's sawlike fangs can shred skin to tatters—even the skin of Steel-type Pokémon.
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.