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cardname=Ancient Mew |
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jname=ミュウ |
|jname=ミュウ  
jtrans=Mew |
|jtrans=Mew  
image=Ancientmew.jpg‎ |
|image=AncientMewNintedoError.jpg
caption= |
|caption=Japanese print with Nintendo error
evostage=Basic |
|reprints=2
type=Psychic |
|reprint1=AncientMewThePowerofOnepromo.jpg‎  
hp=40 |
|recaption1=International print
weakness=Psychic |
|species=Mew
resistance=None |
|evostage=Basic
retreatcost=2 |
|type=Psychic
species=Mew |
|hp=30
|weakness=Psychic  
|retreatcost=2  
}}
}}
{{PokémoncardInfobox/Expansion
{{PokémoncardInfobox/Expansion|type=Psychic|expansion={{TCG|Miscellaneous Promotional cards}}|jpexpansion={{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}}}}
| type=psychic
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| expansion={{TCG|Miscellaneous Promotional cards}}
 
| jpexpansion={{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}}
'''Ancient Mew''' (Japanese: '''ミュウ''' ''Mew'') is a {{ct|Psychic}} Basic Pokémon card. It was released as one of the {{TCG|Miscellaneous Promotional cards}}.
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{{PokémoncardInfobox/Footer|type=psychic|species=Mew}}


'''Ancient Mew''' (Japanese: '''ミュウ''' ''Mew'') is a {{ct|Psychic}} [[Basic Pokémon]] card. It was released as a promotional card.  This card's text is depicted in medieval Futhark Runic and Gothenburg Runic writing; this page uses their English equivalents.
==Card text==
==Card text==
===Attacks===
{{Cardtext/Header|type=Psychic}}
{{Cardattack |
{{Cardtext/Attack
cost={{e|Psychic}}{{e|Psychic}} |
|type=Psychic
name=Psychic |
|cost={{e|Psychic}}{{e|Psychic}}
jname=サイコキネシス |
|name=Psyche
jtrans=Psychokinesis |
|jname=サイコキネシス  
damage=40 |
|jtrans=Psychokinesis
effect= |
|damage=40  
|effect=  
}}
}}
{{Cardtext/Footer}}


==Release information==
==Release information==
*This card was released as a promotional card. It was released during the theatrical run of ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'' in both Japan and the United States.
This card was released as a promotional card in the year 2000. It was given out with the purchase of a ticket for the theatrical run of ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'' in {{pmin|the United States}} and other countries worldwide, limited to only the first week. After the first week of the theatrical run, attendees would only be able to receive a {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|Moltres|21}}, {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|Articuno|22}}, or {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|Zapdos|23}}.
 
The Japanese version was included in the [[M02|The Power of One]] movie pamphlet, only available via purchase at theaters. The first Japanese prints of the card featured a speckle holo and misspelled Nintendo in the copyright text on the card border as "Nintedo". A corrected print was released for a very brief time with the same holofoil as the first print. Then, after the corrected version, a third version was released which featured the same holofoil treatment as the international release. The only difference between the third Japanese release and the international release are the listed copyrights.
 
===Gallery===
{{TCGGallery
|type=Psychic
|image1=AncientMewNintedoError.jpg
|caption1=Japanese print with Nintendo error
|image2=AncientMewThePowerofOnepromo.jpg
|caption2=International print
|image3=Ancient Mew Reverse.jpg
|caption3=Card back
|image4=Ancient Mew 1.jpg
|caption4=English distribution insert
|image5=Ancient Mew 2.jpg
|caption5=English distribution insert
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Due to this card's text being in Runic, this card is one of only two cards to have ever been banned from the {{TCG|Unlimited format}} in addition to the {{TCG|Modified format}}. It shares this distinction with {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|___'s Pikachu|24}}.
[[File:Ancient Mew anime.png|right|thumb|200px|Ancient Mew in the anime]]
*The card's illustrator is also unknown due to the Runic text.
This card's text is depicted in medieval {{wp|Runic alphabet|Futhark Runic and Gothenburg Runic}} writing; this page uses their English equivalents. Furthermore, the HP is 30 and retreat cost is double colorless. People who attended a [[Wizards of the Coast]] event were given a sheet to read the runes. Based on this cheat sheet, the runes in the middle translate as ''New Species'' while the ones on the bottom translate as ''Little Cat... or Evil?''. Four symbols in the holographic printing behind Mew were said to stand for Birth, Enthronement, Right of Succession and Death. A method to decrypt the runes was also [http://web.archive.org/web/20000815065444/http://www.pokemon.com/news/ancientmew.html published on Pokémon.com], which referenced several other cards to determine what the card says. Due to this card's text being in Runic, this card is one of only two cards to have ever been banned from the {{TCG|Unlimited format}} in addition to the {{TCG|Modified format}}. It shares this distinction with {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|___'s Pikachu|24}}. The card's illustrator is also unknown due to the unusual design.
*This card was depicted in ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'' as the object that started [[Lawrence III]]'s collection.  The card was the only object from his collection still in his possession at the end of the movie.
 
*Early Japanese prints of the card misspelled "Nintendo" in the understandable text.
This card was depicted in ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'' as the object that started [[Lawrence III]]'s collection.  The card was the only object from his collection still in his possession at the end of the movie. This was the second appearance of a TCG card in the anime, after the depiction of {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Primeape|43}} in the Japanese version of [[EP073]]. No more TCG cards would appear in the anime until ''[[AG079|Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend]]''. In addition, the English dub had Lawrence III explicitly attributing the card as the start of his collection, in order to better tie in with the ending, as the pamphlet was not available with the American release.
*People who attended a [[Wizards of the Coast|WotC]] event were given a sheet to read the runes. Based on this cheat sheet, the runes in the middle translate as ''Little God or Evil?'' while the ones on the bottom translate as ''Birth, Enthronement, Right of Succession and Death.''
 
The Weakness and Resistance symbols for Ancient Mew can be seen on the Xatu totem pole on the cover of the {{TCG|Neo Premium File 2}}.


===Origin===
===Origin===
{{m|Psychic}} is a [[move]] in the [[Pokémon games]] that {{p|Mew}} can learn.
Psyche's Japanese name is that of {{m|Psychic}}, a [[move]] in the [[Pokémon games]] that {{p|Mew}} can learn.
{{Project TCGDex notice}}
 
{{Project TCG notice}}


[[Category:Pokémon cards]]
[[Category:Mew (TCG)]]
[[Category:Psychic-type Pokémon cards]]
[[Category:Basic Pokémon cards]]
[[Category:Promotional cards]]
[[Category:Promotional cards]]
[[Category:Cards with unknown illustrators]]
[[Category:Cards with unknown illustrators]]


[[de:Urzeitliches Mew (2. Film Promo)]]
[[fr:Mew Antique (Promo)]]
[[it:Mew Antico (Promo La Forza di Uno)]]
[[ja:??? (プロモーションカード)]]
[[ja:??? (プロモーションカード)]]

Revision as of 21:07, 21 August 2016

Ancient Mew  
ミュウ Mew
Psychic
AncientMewThePowerofOnepromo.jpg
International print
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Ancient Mew
Type Psychic
HP 30
weakness
Psychic×2
resistance
None
retreat cost
  
English expansion Miscellaneous Promotional cards
Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Mew.

Ancient Mew (Japanese: ミュウ Mew) is a Psychic-type Basic Pokémon card. It was released as one of the Miscellaneous Promotional cards.

Card text

PsychicPsychic Psyche [create category]
サイコキネシス
40


Release information

This card was released as a promotional card in the year 2000. It was given out with the purchase of a ticket for the theatrical run of The Power of One in the United States and other countries worldwide, limited to only the first week. After the first week of the theatrical run, attendees would only be able to receive a Moltres, Articuno, or Zapdos.

The Japanese version was included in the The Power of One movie pamphlet, only available via purchase at theaters. The first Japanese prints of the card featured a speckle holo and misspelled Nintendo in the copyright text on the card border as "Nintedo". A corrected print was released for a very brief time with the same holofoil as the first print. Then, after the corrected version, a third version was released which featured the same holofoil treatment as the international release. The only difference between the third Japanese release and the international release are the listed copyrights.

Gallery

AncientMewNintedoError.jpg
Japanese print with Nintendo error
AncientMewThePowerofOnepromo.jpg
International print
Ancient Mew Reverse.jpg
Card back
Ancient Mew 1.jpg
English distribution insert
Ancient Mew 2.jpg
English distribution insert
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


Trivia

Ancient Mew in the anime

This card's text is depicted in medieval Futhark Runic and Gothenburg Runic writing; this page uses their English equivalents. Furthermore, the HP is 30 and retreat cost is double colorless. People who attended a Wizards of the Coast event were given a sheet to read the runes. Based on this cheat sheet, the runes in the middle translate as New Species while the ones on the bottom translate as Little Cat... or Evil?. Four symbols in the holographic printing behind Mew were said to stand for Birth, Enthronement, Right of Succession and Death. A method to decrypt the runes was also published on Pokémon.com, which referenced several other cards to determine what the card says. Due to this card's text being in Runic, this card is one of only two cards to have ever been banned from the Unlimited format in addition to the Modified format. It shares this distinction with ___'s Pikachu. The card's illustrator is also unknown due to the unusual design.

This card was depicted in The Power of One as the object that started Lawrence III's collection. The card was the only object from his collection still in his possession at the end of the movie. This was the second appearance of a TCG card in the anime, after the depiction of Dark Primeape in the Japanese version of EP073. No more TCG cards would appear in the anime until Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend. In addition, the English dub had Lawrence III explicitly attributing the card as the start of his collection, in order to better tie in with the ending, as the pamphlet was not available with the American release.

The Weakness and Resistance symbols for Ancient Mew can be seen on the Xatu totem pole on the cover of the Neo Premium File 2.

Origin

Psyche's Japanese name is that of Psychic, a move in the Pokémon games that Mew can learn.


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