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{{PokémoncardInfobox |
{{PokémoncardInfobox  
cardname=Ancient Mew |
|cardname=Ancient Mew  
jname=ミュウ |
|jname=ミュウ  
jtrans=Mew |
|jtrans=Mew  
image=AncientMewThePowerofOnepromo.jpg‎ |
|image=AncientMewThePowerofOnepromo.jpg
caption=Promotional print |
|caption=International print
species=Mew |
|reprints=2
evostage=Basic |
|reprint1=AncientMewNintedoError.jpg
type=Psychic |
|recaption1=Japanese print with Nintedo error
hp=30 |
|species=Mew  
weakness=Psychic |
|evostage=Basic
retreatcost=2 |
|type=Psychic
|hp=30
|weakness=Psychic  
|retreatcost=2  
}}
}}
{{PokémoncardInfobox/Expansion|type=Psychic|expansion={{TCG|Miscellaneous Promotional cards}}|jpexpansion={{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}}}}
{{PokémoncardInfobox/Expansion|type=Psychic|expansion={{TCG|Miscellaneous Promotional cards}}|jpexpansion={{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}}}}
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==Card text==
==Card text==
{{TCGAttack |
{{Cardtext/Header|type=Psychic}}
type=Psychic |
{{Cardtext/Attack
cost={{e|Psychic}}{{e|Psychic}} |
|type=Psychic
name=Psyche |
|cost={{e|Psychic}}{{e|Psychic}}
jname=サイコキネシス |
|name=Psyche
jtrans=Psychokinesis |
|namecategory=Psychic <!-- category based on Japanese name -->
damage=40 |
|jname=サイコキネシス  
effect= |
|jtrans=Psychokinesis
|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 at participating cinemas within the first week of release. 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}}. This version came sealed in a plastic wrapper together with a teaser card for the {{TCG|Pokémon League}}.
 
The Japanese version was included in ''The Power of One'' movie pamphlets available to purchase at participating cinemas from July 17, 1999 for as long as stocks lasted. The first Japanese prints of the card featured a speckle Holofoil treatment 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 featuring the same Cosmos Holofoil treatment as the international release. Although subtle, there are differences between the third Japanese print and the international print: the copyright information of the international print is in a different font to the Japanese print and has an additional [[Wizards of the Coast|Wizards]] copyright. The border pattern on the international print is more pronounced than the Japanese print and does not extend to the card edge due to the wider border.
 
As an homage to the original released twenty years prior, a fourth Japanese print was included in ''[[M22|Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution]]'' pamphlets available to purchase at participating cinemas from July 12, 2019 for as long as stocks lasted. This print has the speckle Holofoil treatment and a 2019 copyright. A fifth print was released in a similar matter from September 30, 2020 in South Korea, which also has a speckle Holofoil treatment like the fourth Japanese print, but with 2020 copyright instead of 2019.


Early Japanese prints of the card misspelled "Nintendo" in the understandable text.
===Gallery===
===Gallery===
{{TCGGallery |
{{TCGGallery
type=Psychic |
|type=Psychic
image1=Ancient Mew anime.png |
|image1=AncientMewThePowerofOnepromo.jpg
caption1=Ancient Mew in the anime |
|caption1=International print
image2=Ancient Mew Reverse.jpg |
|image2=AncientMewNintedoError.jpg
caption2=The reverse of the card |
|caption2=Japanese print with Nintedo error
image4=Ancient Mew 1.jpg |
|image3=Ancient Mew Reverse.jpg
caption4=Distribution insert |
|caption3=Card reverse
image5=Ancient Mew 2.jpg |
|image4=Ancient Mew 1.jpg
caption5=Distribution insert |
|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|thumb|250px|Ancient Mew in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]
*The card's illustrator is also unknown due to the unusual design.
This card depicts text written in a mixture of {{wp|Runes|Germanic runes}}, such as those of Futhark and Gothenburg, and it also features {{wp|Maya script|Mayan glyphs}} on its artwork. In Japan, the card's lexicon was published in the September 1999 issue of [[CoroCoro]]. The lexicon contained the complete translation of the card's Germanic runic text to Japanese, together with a comprehensive sheet which deciphered the runes into phonetically-corresponding Latin alphabet letters. It also presented the meanings of the four Mayan glyphic inscriptions featured on the card's artwork — ''Enthronement'' (upper right), ''Heritage'' (lower right), ''Birth'' (upper left), ''Death'' (lower left). The card's illustrator is unknown due to its unusual design, though the issue showed [[Kouichi Ooyama]] impersonated as [[Dr. Mason]] from the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game (video game)|Pokémon Trading Card Game]].
*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]]''.
 
*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 God or Evil?''. Four symbols in the holographic printing behind Mew were said to stand for Birth, Enthronement, Right of Succession and Death.
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 God... or Evil?''. In the 2019 reprint the runes where changed and now can be translated as ''Little Good... or Evil?''. Four symbols in the Holofoil 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|Standard format}}. It shares this distinction with {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|_____'s Pikachu|24}}.
*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}}. Due to this, it is possible that Ancient Mew originates from the [[Ruins of Alph]].
 
*This card's text is depicted in medieval {{wp|Runic alphabet|Futhark Runic and Gothenburg Runic}} writing; this page uses their English equivalents.
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. In addition, the card was originally meant to play a much bigger role in the movie, although it was largely excised from the film save for its brief appearance in the movie's ending, with Takeshi Shudo revealing the card's presence in the movie was a mistake.
 
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}}.
 
Following the 2019 reprint of the card in Japan, that print and all prior prints became permitted to use in the Japanese Standard format starting July 26, 2019. Players using the card in sanctioned events were required to have a printed copy of the official card database entry detailing its text and place their deck in sleeves to make the card reverse indistinguishable from others.


===Origin===
===Origin===
Psyche's Japanese name is that of {{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.


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[[Category:Banned cards]]
[[Category:Promotional cards]]
[[Category:Promotional cards]]
[[Category:Cards with unknown illustrators]]
[[Category:Cards with unknown illustrators]]


[[de:Urzeitliches Mew (2. Film Promo)]]
[[de:Mew (2. Film Promo)]]
[[es:Ancient Mew (El poder de uno promo TCG)]]
[[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)]]
[[zh:梦幻(M02)]]

Latest revision as of 04:31, 11 March 2024

Ancient Mew  
ミュウ Mew
Psychic
AncientMewNintedoError.jpg
Japanese print with Nintedo error
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
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 at participating cinemas within the first week of release. After the first week of the theatrical run, attendees would only be able to receive a Moltres, Articuno, or Zapdos. This version came sealed in a plastic wrapper together with a teaser card for the Pokémon League.

The Japanese version was included in The Power of One movie pamphlets available to purchase at participating cinemas from July 17, 1999 for as long as stocks lasted. The first Japanese prints of the card featured a speckle Holofoil treatment 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 featuring the same Cosmos Holofoil treatment as the international release. Although subtle, there are differences between the third Japanese print and the international print: the copyright information of the international print is in a different font to the Japanese print and has an additional Wizards copyright. The border pattern on the international print is more pronounced than the Japanese print and does not extend to the card edge due to the wider border.

As an homage to the original released twenty years prior, a fourth Japanese print was included in Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution pamphlets available to purchase at participating cinemas from July 12, 2019 for as long as stocks lasted. This print has the speckle Holofoil treatment and a 2019 copyright. A fifth print was released in a similar matter from September 30, 2020 in South Korea, which also has a speckle Holofoil treatment like the fourth Japanese print, but with 2020 copyright instead of 2019.

Gallery

AncientMewThePowerofOnepromo.jpg
International print
AncientMewNintedoError.jpg
Japanese print with Nintedo error
Ancient Mew Reverse.jpg
Card reverse
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 depicts text written in a mixture of Germanic runes, such as those of Futhark and Gothenburg, and it also features Mayan glyphs on its artwork. In Japan, the card's lexicon was published in the September 1999 issue of CoroCoro. The lexicon contained the complete translation of the card's Germanic runic text to Japanese, together with a comprehensive sheet which deciphered the runes into phonetically-corresponding Latin alphabet letters. It also presented the meanings of the four Mayan glyphic inscriptions featured on the card's artwork — Enthronement (upper right), Heritage (lower right), Birth (upper left), Death (lower left). The card's illustrator is unknown due to its unusual design, though the issue showed Kouichi Ooyama impersonated as Dr. Mason from the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

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 God... or Evil?. In the 2019 reprint the runes where changed and now can be translated as Little Good... or Evil?. Four symbols in the Holofoil 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 Standard format. It shares this distinction with _____'s Pikachu.

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. In addition, the card was originally meant to play a much bigger role in the movie, although it was largely excised from the film save for its brief appearance in the movie's ending, with Takeshi Shudo revealing the card's presence in the movie was a mistake.

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.

Following the 2019 reprint of the card in Japan, that print and all prior prints became permitted to use in the Japanese Standard format starting July 26, 2019. Players using the card in sanctioned events were required to have a printed copy of the official card database entry detailing its text and place their deck in sleeves to make the card reverse indistinguishable from others.

Origin

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


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