Mew 8/53 · Wizards Black Star Promos

Wizards Black Star Promos is a set in the Base series. It was released on July 1, 1999. The printed size is 53, and the checklist is the same length. Mew is 8/53, in position 8 of 53 on this checklist. Before it is 7 Jigglypuff, and after it is 9 Mew. The listed rarity is Promo.

Mew is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 23. In the Pokédex this is Mew (#151), generation 1 (Kanto).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Mew (#151) has 60 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 35 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Mew 9/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. 54 other cards of Mew list a different HP.

The attack Psywave lists 10× damage. The cost is Psychic. Does 10 damage times the number of Energy cards attached to the Defending Pokémon. Devolution Beam is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic, Psychic. 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). Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "So rare that it is still said to be a mirage by many experts. Only a few people have seen it worldwide."

I keep a set binder for Wizards Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Wizards Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Mew can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.