Mew (Wizards Promo 8)

Mew LV.23 ミュウ Mew

Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Mew Type Psychic HP 50 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Expansion Wizards Black Star Promos English card no. 8 Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards English expansion Wizards Black Star Promos English card no. 9 Japanese expansion Mystery of the Fossils Japanese rarity Card GB set Mystery Card GB rarity Card GB ID C37 Card GB 2 set Psychic Battle Card GB 2 rarity Card GB 2 ID D37 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Mew.

Mew (Japanese: ミュウ Mew) is a Psychic-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as one of the Wizards Black Star Promos.

Card text

Psywave サイコウェーブ 10×

Does 10 damage times the number of Energy cards attached to the Defending Pokémon.

Devolution Beam たいかビーム

Choose an evolved Pokémon (your own or your opponent's). Return the highest Stage Evolution card on that Pokémon to its player's hand. That Pokémon is no longer Asleep, Confused, Paralyzed, or Poisoned, or anything else that might be the result of an attack (just as if you had evolved it).

Pokédex data

Mew - New Species Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
151	1'4" (0.4 m)	9 lbs. (4 kg)
Pokédex entry
So rare that it is still said to be a mirage by many experts. Only a few people have seen it worldwide.
いまでも幻のポケモンといわれる。その姿を見たものは全国でもほとんどいない。

Release information

This card was first released as a Non Holofoil Wizards Black Star Promo through the Pokémon League starting January 8, 2000. This print has the collection number 8. In Japan, it was included in the Mystery of the Fossils expansion as a Holofoil card. It was reprinted as another Wizards Black Star Promo, this time Holofoil and with the collection number 9, and was available through the Pokémon League from April 2000. In Japan, a glossy version of the initial English print was included in the May 2000 issue of Gotta Comic, released on May 1, 2000.

Trivia

Origin

Psywave is a move in the Pokémon games that Mew can learn via TM46 in Generation I. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.