Mewtwo · Legendary Collection, what to know.
About the Mewtwo card
Mewtwo sits at #29 in Legendary Collection, the twelfth of the Wizards of the Coast print runs. Illustration by Christopher Rush.
The flavor text on the card reads: "A scientist created this Pokémon after years of horrific gene-splicing and DNA engineering experiments." Pokédex entries from this era are short and often quirky, written by the original Japanese localization team for a specific stat-block layout that no longer exists in modern cards.
About Mewtwo in the Pokémon world
The cloned psychic Legendary Pokémon. Final boss of the original Red and Blue. Famous for the first Pokémon movie. Base Set holo Mewtwo is one of the most accessible Base Set holos and frequently recommended as a first vintage graded purchase. The 1st Edition print is in steady demand.
Print variants and how to spot them
Legendary Collection shipped in Standard and Reverse Holo prints. The Reverse Holo treatment was new with this set: foil applied to the card background rather than the artwork window. There is no 1st Edition, since Wizards retired the stamp by this point in the production timeline.
Grading and condition
For graded buyers, non-holo Rares are less punishing on surface but no easier on centering. PSA 10 populations for Wizards-era Rares are smaller than the Rare Holo populations in some cases because the cards were less protected and more frequently played. Edge whitening from sleeves is the typical grade-cap on raw copies.
If you are buying this card
For raw purchases of this card, verify centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface scratches under angled light. Non-holo Rares from the Wizards era are cheap enough that PSA 10 submissions usually do not break the math if you have a clean candidate.
