Character info
The character
Lycanroc is the Wolf Pokémon, officially listed as National Pokédex number 745, and is the evolved form of Rockruff. It is known for attacking prey with sharp claws and fangs and for its loyalty, obeying only trainers it trusts. Multiple forms of Lycanroc exist in the games, distinguished by the time of day Rockruff evolves.
This card
This is card 085/159 from the Journey Together set, printed in 2025 as a holofoil Stage 1 card with Rare rarity. The artwork, illustrated by Shiburingaru, depicts Lycanroc lunging forward with claws extended against a rocky, desert-like background. The card is in English and carries the set's standard orange-toned Fighting-type border and layout.
How it plays
Lycanroc is a Stage 1 Fighting-type Pokémon with 120 HP that evolves from Rockruff. Its Ability, Spike-Clad, allows the player to attach up to 2 Spiky Energy cards from the discard pile to it when it is played from hand to evolve a Pokémon during the turn. Its attack, Clamping Fangs, costs three Fighting Energy and deals 40 damage plus 40 more for each damage counter already on the opponent's Active Pokémon. It has a weakness to Grass-type attacks (x2), no listed resistance, and a retreat cost of two Energy.
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Card details confirmed
A card with this name and number exists in the public card catalogue, in Journey Together, a set of 159 cards, rarity R. The details on this certificate match it.
Illustrated by Shiburingaru and published 2025-03-28. 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
#745 in the National Pokédex · a Generation VII Pokémon · 240 different cards of it exist · it evolves from Rockruff.
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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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