Mewtwo ex
Quick take
- One of two Futuristic rares in the set, with Mew ex 158/128; both close the numbered run
- Illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN; the regular print 064/128 is by 5ban Graphics and the SIR 151/128 by Yano Keiji
- 230 HP Basic Psychic Pokemon ex, Darkness weakness, Fighting resistance, retreat 2
- Numbered 157/128 in English and 134/103 in Japanese
Collector's readWhat it means for your master set
Set landscapeWhere this card sits in 30th Celebration
VariantsCard variants
Holofoil 157/128 · $43.00 — the only variant this card was printed in (no reverse holo or special pattern), so a master set needs just this one copy.
The storyHalf of a two-card rarity, and now the easy half to buy
Futuristic rare has exactly two members in the booster set, this Mewtwo ex and Mew ex 158/128. Both are by YOSHIROTTEN, a Tokyo graphic artist and art director working on the Pokemon TCG for the first time, who based the look on themes from his 2018 exhibition FUTURE NATURE. The Pokemon is rendered as if made of metal, ringed by ten Energy symbols with a Poke Ball behind it, and the 30th Anniversary stamp is printed in holographic colours.
“One of two Futuristic rares in the set, with Mew ex 158/128; both close the numbered run”
For a master set the two cards work as one target. A two-card rarity has no halfway point, and the Mewtwo is the cheaper of the pair by a clear margin, so most collectors will buy it rather than wait to pull it.
The same look turns up outside the two numbered cards. The eight Basic Energy, 009 to 016, use it, and so do two Pikachu ex Black Star Promos, MEP 107 and MEP 109. Those go on separate lists.
By the numbersMarket analysis
The cheapest of the four Mew and Mewtwo SIR and Futuristic cards. It sits below the Mewtwo ex SIR and below every SIR from 149 to 155; only the Greninja, Salamence and Fuecoco SIRs sell for less. Mew ex Futuristic sells for clearly more, so the Mewtwo is the lighter half of the pair to fill.
Down more than 90% from its market price the day before release, and well under its release-day price too. Most of the drop came in the first week, and it has kept slipping since. Booster bundles added supply in early October, and the Ultra-Premium Collections on November 6, 2026 bring more packs.
Buy it for the binder, not as a bet. The card was priced on hype before anyone had opened packs, then kept falling once pull rates turned out generous. More packs arrive in November. If you need it, there is no sign that waiting a few weeks costs you anything.
Too early to say. We found no PSA or CGC population figures or gem rates for either Futuristic rare nearly three weeks after release, so there is nothing to price a graded copy against.
About 1 in 240 packs for this specific card. Either Futuristic rare turns up about once in 100 to 120 packs across three large English counts of 3,000 to 6,500 packs. That works out to roughly a 4% chance of this card in a 9-pack Elite Trainer Box. Pulling both Futuristic rares takes about 360 packs on average, or around 40 Elite Trainer Boxes.
As a rarity, Futuristic rare is about six times harder to hit than an SIR in this set. Per specific card the gap is small. A given SIR comes up about once in 210 packs against about 240 for a given Futuristic rare, because there are ten SIRs and only two Futuristic rares. Price follows the Pokemon and the art more than the rarity name. The three RGB Mew cards sit outside the numbering and are far rarer than either Futuristic rare.
ArtworkWhy the art matters
A Tokyo-based graphic artist and art director making his Pokemon TCG debut with this set, for which he also made the key visual. He designed the Futuristic rare look, drew both Futuristic rares, the eight Basic Energy and the three RGB Mew cards, and based the style on themes from his 2018 exhibition FUTURE NATURE.
Mewtwo is rendered with a metallic, holographic texture against a futuristic background. The Grass, Fire, Water, Lightning, Psychic, Fighting, Darkness, Metal, Dragon and Colorless Energy symbols surround it, and a Poke Ball sits in the background. It is composed more like a poster than a scene, which is the main thing separating it from the painted SIRs.
Full art secret rare, 157/128 in English and 134/103 in Japanese. The 30th Anniversary logo is stamped in holographic colours, as on every Futuristic rare. The metallic effect sits on its own texture layer, and some Japanese copies show that layer out of line with the print.
It is one of the first two Futuristic rares, and the Mew is the only other card of that rarity in the booster set. Japan values it above the matching SIR. English buyers have so far done the opposite.
BackgroundAbout Mewtwo ex
Mewtwo was created for the original Red and Green games in 1996 as a Pokemon scientists engineered from Mew, and that premise has followed it ever since. It headlined the first Pokemon film in 1998 and has had chase-card treatment in nearly every era of the TCG.
- ›One of the few Pokemon recognised well outside the games
- ›Thirty years of chase cards, so collectors building a Mewtwo binder across sets want this version too
- ›Paired with Mew in this set at both SIR and Futuristic rare, which pushes collectors toward owning both
- ›Pokemon Red and Green, 1996, as a post-game encounter in Cerulean Cave
- ›Pokemon: The First Movie, 1998, as the central character
- ›Chase cards across TCG eras, from Base Set onward
Photon Bullets costs two Psychic Energy and does 50 damage to each of your opponent's Pokemon ex, ignoring Weakness and Resistance on the Bench. Psychic Powers costs three Psychic Energy and hits for 230, but Mewtwo ex cannot attack on your next turn. Players will reach for the cheaper regular print, so play demand does little for this version's price.
Own it wellCollector guide
Check the texture layer first. Collectors have posted Japanese Futuristic Mewtwo copies with the metallic layer shifted out of line, and one with it printed upside down, showing parts of both the Mew and the Mewtwo pattern. A small shift is a condition flaw on a binder copy. An extreme one is an error some people collect on purpose. Then check the usual full art spots, bottom corners and edges, under angled light.
Wait. No gem rates or population figures exist yet, and raw prices have fallen for three weeks. Look over a copy you own for texture alignment and centring, sleeve it, and revisit once population reports show how this finish grades. Read the grading guide →
Penny sleeve, then a semi-rigid or a snug toploader. If the binder has a Futuristic page, put the Mew and Mewtwo side by side, with the Energy and Pikachu promos nearby if they are in scope. See the storage guide →
Buy it as a single. At about 1 in 240 packs, opening for it costs far more than the card, and it is now the cheaper Futuristic rare. If you also want the Mewtwo ex SIR, budget for the SIR to be the dearer of the two in English. Collectors importing should know Japan prices the two the other way round, with the Futuristic card on top. See the singles buying guide →
Plenty of real copies are now pictured, so compare against a known scan. Check the number, 157/128, the YOSHIROTTEN credit, the ring of ten Energy symbols and the holographic 30th Anniversary stamp. Buy from sellers who accept returns.
Protect your card
High Chase Score — protect and consider grading. · Amazon affiliate links · Storage guideWord on the streetCommunity sentiment
Opinion on the look was split before release and still is. After release one outlet called the Futuristic Mew stupid-looking, and the Mewtwo shares its design. In pull posts the Futuristic rares now turn up in hit lists without much comment, and most talk about them concerns the price collapse.
The pre-release story was that the Futuristic rares were the set's big money. That ended once the unannounced RGB Mew cards appeared and pull rates came in generous. Collectors have since moved on to the RGB Mews and to how far singles have dropped. One small thread collected Japanese Mewtwo copies with shifted texture layers.
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