Team Rockets Mewtwo ex

Holofoil 240/182 · $51.61 — the only variant this card was printed in (no reverse holo or special pattern), so a master set needs just this one copy.

Destined Rivals built its whole identity on Team Rocket. The set leans on Giovanni, his lieutenants, and cards that pull villain lore back into the game after years away. Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex sits at the top of that pile. It closes the loop on the oldest grudge in the franchise, the boss and the weapon he made.

“The etched-gold Hyper Rare, number 240, the scarcest of four Mewtwo ex prints in the set”

The number 240 print is the Hyper Rare, the etched-gold secret version that lands above the set's printed count of 182. There are four Mewtwo ex prints in the set: a Double Rare for players, a full-art Ultra Rare, a Special Illustration Rare, and this gold Hyper Rare. Collectors chasing a master set need all of them, and the gold is the hardest pull of the group.

What keeps demand steady is the pairing. Mewtwo alone is a tier-one chase Pokemon in any era. Add Giovanni in the frame, tie it to a Team Rocket set, and you get a card that two collector groups want at once. Mewtwo people and Team Rocket people both have it on the list.

Mewtwo was created by Team Rocket in the original lore, cloned and amplified from Mew under Giovanni's funding. That origin is the entire reason this card lands so well. After decades of Mewtwo cards across nearly every set, Destined Rivals is one of the rare prints that puts the creature back with the man who made it. Giovanni commands a Mewtwo in later games, so the pairing is grounded, not invented for the card.