Mew ex
Quick take
- One of two Futuristic rares in the set, with Mewtwo ex 157/128, and the last numbered card at 158/128
- Illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN; the regular print 066/128 is by aky CG Works and the SIR 152/128 by Kuroimori
- 160 HP Basic Psychic Pokemon ex, Darkness weakness, Fighting resistance, no retreat cost
- Numbered 158/128 in English and 135/103 in Japanese
Collector's readWhat it means for your master set
Set landscapeWhere this card sits in 30th Celebration
VariantsCard variants
Holofoil 158/128 · $47.05 — the only variant this card was printed in (no reverse holo or special pattern), so a master set needs just this one copy.
The storyThe top presale card, overtaken within a week
Mew ex 158/128 and Mewtwo ex 157/128 are the only two Futuristic rares in the booster set, both by YOSHIROTTEN, a Tokyo graphic artist and art director new to the Pokemon TCG. Before release the Mew carried the highest price in the set. Its first public sale was an eBay auction a month before launch.
“One of two Futuristic rares in the set, with Mewtwo ex 157/128, and the last numbered card at 158/128”
That ranking did not survive opening day. Once packs were out, the Mew ex SIR by Kuroimori moved above it, and the three RGB Mew cards, also drawn by YOSHIROTTEN, turned out to be the real top end. For a binder this card is now one chase among several Mews, and finishing the Futuristic pair costs much less than presale buyers paid for this card alone.
In play, Memory Helix lets Mew ex use the attacks of any of your Benched Pokemon, provided the Energy is there, and Teleportation Burst does 30 for one Psychic Energy and can switch it out. At 160 HP with no retreat cost, it gives up bulk for a free retreat.
By the numbersMarket analysis
Behind the Mew ex and Gengar ex SIRs among the numbered cards, and bunched closely with the Night Pikachu ex SIR above it and the Day Pikachu ex and Jirachi ex SIRs below it, so the order can shift between price checks. The Mew ex SIR sells for clearly more. It is still well above the Futuristic Mewtwo, so it is the dearer half of the pair. The RGB Mews sit in another bracket entirely.
The market price fell about 94% between the day before release and September 21, and dropped on every day in that stretch. It has eased a little further since and now sits roughly 95% below the presale level and more than half below its release-day price. Booster bundles added supply in early October, and the Ultra-Premium Collections on November 6, 2026 add more packs.
The presale price was a forecast that turned out wrong, and the market has corrected most of it. The slide has slowed but not stopped, and more packs arrive in November. Buy it when the binder needs it, and do not treat the early drop as a sign it has bottomed.
Too early to say. We found no PSA or CGC population figures or gem rates for the Futuristic rares three weeks after release. Graded RGB Mews are already selling, but that tells you nothing about how this finish grades.
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 gives 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.
A given SIR comes up about once in 210 packs, so this card is only slightly harder to pull than the Mew ex SIR, and it now sells for less. The RGB Mew cards are far rarer. None turned up in a count of more than 3,000 packs, and no reliable rate exists. They are numbered outside the set, so whether they count toward your master set is your decision.
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.
Mew is rendered with a metallic, holographic texture against a futuristic background, surrounded by the Grass, Fire, Water, Lightning, Psychic, Fighting, Darkness, Metal, Dragon and Colorless Energy symbols, with a Poke Ball behind it. Mew is usually drawn floating in open space, so the poster-like layout suits it better than it suits most Pokemon.
Full art secret rare, 158/128 in English and 135/103 in Japanese. The 30th Anniversary logo is stamped in holographic colours, as on every Futuristic rare. The RGB Mew cards are the only cards in the set without that logo.
It closes the numbered set, and it is one of the first two Futuristic rares. The same treatment appears on two Pikachu ex Black Star Promos, MEP 107 and MEP 109, and on the Basic Energy, but within the booster set only this card and the Mewtwo carry the rarity.
BackgroundAbout Mew ex
Mew was added to Red and Green in 1996 as a Pokemon players could not find in the game. It was handed out at events, which fed years of playground rumours about secret ways to catch it. It is the Pokemon Mewtwo was engineered from, the premise of the first film, and the unannounced RGB Mew cards in this set look designed to start the same kind of rumour.
- ›Its link to Mewtwo, which makes the Futuristic pair a natural two-card goal
- ›Its old reputation as the Pokemon nobody could get, which this set leans on with the RGB trio
- ›Mew appears at SIR, Futuristic and RGB rarity in this set, which turns it into a small collection of its own
- ›Pokemon Red and Green, 1996, as an event-distributed Pokemon
- ›Pokemon: The First Movie, 1998, opposite Mewtwo
- ›Chase cards across TCG eras, including Celebrations in 2021
Memory Helix lets Mew ex copy any Benched Pokemon's attack if you can pay for it, which makes it a toolbox attacker. Teleportation Burst does 30 for one Psychic Energy and lets you switch it with a Benched Pokemon. Before release some players hoped it could answer Dragapult ex. Players will use the regular print either way, so the Futuristic price moves with collectors.
Own it wellCollector guide
The metallic effect is a separate texture layer. The misaligned copies reported so far are Japanese Futuristic Mewtwos, but check a Mew for the same shift before you buy. After that, look at the bottom corners and edges under angled light, as with any full art.
Wait. Prices are still falling and there are no gem rates or population figures yet. Inspect your copy for centring and texture alignment, store it well, and decide once population reports show how this finish grades. Read the grading guide →
Penny sleeve, then a semi-rigid or a snug toploader. A Futuristic page with the Mew and Mewtwo side by side works well, and the Mew ex SIR 152/128 and any RGB Mews can go on a Mew page if you lay the binder out by Pokemon. See the storage guide →
Settle scope first. If the RGB Mews are out, this is the second most expensive Mew on your list after the SIR. Buy it as a single. At about 1 in 240 packs, opening for it costs far more than the card. If you are importing, know that Japan values the Futuristic Mew above the SIR, the reverse of English prices, so a Japanese copy is not the bargain the SIR is. See the singles buying guide →
Compare against a known scan now that real copies are common. Check the number 158/128, the YOSHIROTTEN credit, the ring of ten Energy symbols and the holographic 30th Anniversary stamp. Early 30th Celebration stock included leaked product that eBay removed, so treat sellers with odd pre-release histories with care and buy where returns are possible.
Protect your card
High Chase Score — protect and consider grading. · Amazon affiliate links · Storage guideWord on the streetCommunity sentiment
The look still divides people, and one outlet after release called the Futuristic Mew stupid-looking. Pull posts now list Futuristic rares alongside other hits without singling them out. Most talk about this card is about how far it fell.
- ›First public sale: an eBay auction that closed a month before release, in mid August 2026
- ›Presale peak: the highest market price in the set the day before release, on a small number of presales
Before release the Futuristic rares were pitched as the set's big money. The RGB Mews took that role once they appeared, and the Mew SIR moved above this card in the first week. Collectors now talk about it mostly as the example of how badly presale prices misjudged a generous set.
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