Mewtwo 10/102 · Base

Base is a set in the Base series. It was released on 9 January 1999. The printed size is 102, and the checklist is the same length. Mewtwo is 10/102, in position 10 of 102 on this checklist. Before it is 9 Magneton, and after it is 11 Nidoking. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Mewtwo is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 53. In the Pokédex this is Mewtwo (#150), generation 1 (Kanto).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 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 3/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 85 other cards of Mewtwo list a different HP.

The attack Psychic lists 10+ damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon. Barrier is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic, Psychic. Discard 1 Psychic Energy card attached to Mewtwo in order to prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Mewtwo during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "A scientist created this Pokémon after years of horrific gene-splicing and DNA engineering experiments."

I keep a set binder for Base, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Base 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.