Character info
The character
Articuno is one of the three Legendary Bird Pokémon introduced in the Kanto region, alongside Zapdos and Moltres. Known as the Freeze Pokémon, it is said to have wings made of ice and the power to chill the air wherever it flies. It is a Water-type Pokémon in this printing, numbered 144 in the national Pokédex, and is closely associated with snowy mountain habitats.
This card
This is Articuno from the Silver Tempest set, numbered 036/195, printed as a Holo Rare in a Cosmos Holo Art treatment. The artwork, illustrated by Naoyo Kimura, shows Articuno soaring through a starry night sky above autumn-colored foliage, its long tail trailing behind it. The card is a Basic Pokémon card with the Pokédex entry and flavor text printed beneath the artwork.
How it plays
This Basic Pokémon card has 110 HP and is Water-type, with a Fighting weakness of ×2 and a retreat cost of one. Its first attack, Ice Wing, costs one Water energy and deals 20 damage. Its second attack, Wild Freeze, costs two Water energy and deals 70 damage, but also deals 50 damage to itself and Paralyzes the opponent's Active 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 Silver Tempest, a set of 195 cards, rarity Holo Rare. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Naoyo Kimura and published 2022-11-11. 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
#144 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 275 different cards of it exist.
It's said that this Pokémon's beautiful blue wings are made of ice. Articuno flies over snowy mountains, its long tail fluttering along behind it.
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.