Character info
The character
Charmander is a Fire-type Pokemon, the first stage in the Charmander evolutionary line that eventually becomes Charizard. It is one of the three original starter Pokemon available at the beginning of a Pokemon adventure. Charmander is known for the flame burning at the tip of its tail, said to reflect its life force and emotions.
This card
This is Charmander, card number 047 from the SVP Black Star Promos set, a holo promo printing in the Scarlet & Violet era. The artwork, illustrated by NC Empire, shows a young Charmander standing among dark rocks and trees with its tail flame lit, set against a sparkling holo background. The card bears the Pokedex entry describing the significance of its tail flame.
How it plays
This Basic Pokemon has 70 HP and is Fire type. Its only listed attack is Ember, costing two Fire energy, which deals 40 damage and requires the player to discard an Energy attached to this Pokemon. It has a weakness to Water type (x2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of one energy.
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 SVP Black Star Promos, a set of 225 cards, rarity PROMO. 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
#4 in the National Pokédex · a Generation I Pokémon · 243 different cards of it exist.
From the time it is born, a flame burns at the tip of its tail. Its life would end if the flame were to go out.
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.