Character info
The character
Ho-Oh is the Rainbow Pokémon, a legendary bird said to bring happiness to those who see it. Known from the Pokémon series as a guardian figure tied to the Johto region, it is said to glow in seven colors and leave a rainbow in its wake when it flies. It is often associated with rebirth and renewal in Pokémon lore.
This card
This is a Basic Pokémon card for Ho-Oh, numbered 010/086 in the Chaos Rising (CRI) set, printed in 2026 with holo treatment and rarity R. The artwork, illustrated by Takumi Wada, depicts Ho-Oh in flight amid swirling flames with wings spread wide. The card bears the Pokédex entry describing its seven-colored glow and rainbow trail.
How it plays
This Fire-type Basic Pokémon has 130 HP, weakness to Water (x2), and a retreat cost of two. Its ability, Flames of Revival, lets the player put up to 3 Basic Pokémon from their discard pile onto their Bench. Its attack, Bright Wing, costs three Fire Energy, deals 130 damage, and requires discarding a Fire Energy from this Pokémon.
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 Chaos Rising, a set of 86 cards, rarity R. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Takumi Wada and published 2026-05-22. 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
#250 in the National Pokédex · a Generation II Pokémon · 197 different cards of it exist.
A legend says that its body glows in seven colors. A rainbow is said to form behind it when it flies.
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.