Character info
The character
Donphan is an Armor Pokémon known for its tough, armored hide and powerful rolling and ramming attacks. It evolves from Phanpy and is recognized for its defensive durability as well as its physical power in battle. In the games and animated series, Donphan is often depicted using its sturdy body to withstand attacks while delivering strong counter blows.
This card
This is a Stage 1 Donphan card from the HeartGold SoulSilver set, numbered 107/123, printed in 2010. It carries the Pokémon 25th Anniversary promo treatment, indicated by the small Pikachu icon with '25' in the artwork area, set against a holographic patterned background. The artwork, illustrated by Kent Kanetsuna, is a close-up depiction of Donphan's armored body and tusk. The card is marked with rarity R.
How it plays
Donphan has 120 HP and is a Fighting-type Pokémon. Its Poké-Body, Exoskeleton, reduces all damage done to it by attacks by 20 after weakness and resistance are applied. It has two attacks: Earthquake, costing one Fighting energy, which deals 60 damage and also does 10 damage to each of the player's own Benched Pokémon without applying weakness or resistance; and Heavy Impact, costing three Fighting energy, which deals 90 damage. It is weak to Water-type attacks (x2), resists Lightning-type attacks (-20), and has a retreat cost of four energy.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in HeartGold SoulSilver, a set of 123 cards, rarity R. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Kent Kanetsuna and published 2010-02-10. 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
#232 in the National Pokédex · a Generation II Pokémon · 117 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Phanpy.
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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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