Mewtwo 56/172 · Brilliant Stars

Brilliant Stars is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 25, 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. Mewtwo is 56/172, in position 56 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 55 Starmie, and after it is 57 Granbull V. The listed rarity is Rare.

Mewtwo is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Mewtwo (#150), generation 1 (Kanto).

Anesaki Dynamic illustrated this card. The same name is on 134 other cards in the catalog.

Mewtwo (#150) has 88 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 41 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 lists 60 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Anesaki Dynamic illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 81 other cards of Mewtwo list a different HP.

The attack Life Sucker lists 20 damage. The cost is Psychic. Heal 20 damage from this Pokémon. Psyburn is another attack lists 110 damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Colorless. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "A Pokémon created by recombining Mew's genes. It's said to have the most savage heart among Pokémon." The regulation mark is F.

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