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Mewtwo

Base Set 2 / #10/130

Mewtwo

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Base Set 2
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Ken Sugimori
Source reference
base4-10

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The Pokémon’s story

In the laboratories described by the Pokédex, Mewtwo is born from years of experiments on Mew's genes. The result is far more than a simple copy: the entries describe an extremely violent temperament. Behind this artificial origin is a Pokémon shaped by the experiments that created it. Its story begins less in nature than in humanity's desire to recombine nature's secrets.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Mewtwo's DNA is almost identical to Mew's, but Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! points out how greatly their size and temperament differ. This contrast captures the unpredictable outcome of the experiments that created it. Genetic similarity does not make the two Pokémon, or their stories, interchangeable.

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Card details

HP
60
Type (source)
Psychic
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
150
Retreat cost
3 Energy
Weakness (source)
Psychic ×2

Printed card text — English

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Description from the source

A scientist created this Pokémon after years of horrific gene-splicing and DNA engineering experiments.

Attacks

Psychic

Cost: Psychic · Colorless

Damage: 10

Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.

Barrier

Cost: Psychic · Psychic

Discard 1 Energy card attached to Mewtwo in order to use this attack. During your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Mewtwo.

Documented variants

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  • Holographic
  • holo · standard

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