Mewtwo-EX 98/99 · Next Destinies

Mewtwo is Pokédex #150, generation 1 (Kanto). Mewtwo-EX is a Basic EX Psychic Pokémon with 170 HP. The card lists M Mewtwo-EX, Mewtwo (#150) under evolves to.

Mewtwo-EX sits at 98/99 in Next Destinies, position 98 of 103. Before it is 97 Zekrom-EX, and after it is 99 Regigigas-EX. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on February 8, 2012. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

The attack X Ball lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Does 20 damage times the amount of Energy attached to this Pokémon and the Defending Pokémon. Psydrive is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Mewtwo (#150) has 88 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 42 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Mewtwo 10/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Mewtwo, while this one is Mewtwo-EX. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 75 other cards of Mewtwo list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Next Destinies set binder is where a full Next Destinies set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Mewtwo can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.