1st Edition
How to spot it: 1st Edition stamp in the bottom-left of the artwork frame.
First print window; smaller run than Unlimited.
01Card Stats
Basic
HP
30
TypePsychic
RarityPromo
IllustratorKeiko Fukuyama
WeaknessPsychic ×2
Retreat—
SetSouthern Islands
Released2001
02Editions and Print Runs
Printed in the WotC era when 1st Edition and Unlimited distinctions still applied.
Unlimited
How to spot it: No 1st Edition stamp; standard print frame.
Most common version of this card.
04Variants and Foiling
- Rarity tiers
- Promo
- Foiling
- Holo version with the holo pattern applied to the artwork. Reverse-holo parallel exists with the holo pattern applied to the background.
- Alt art / specials
- No full-art, secret rare, or alternate-art version documented for this print.
05Language and Regional Versions
- English
- Standard English release.
- Japanese
- Released in the equivalent Japanese set.
- European
- Localized European prints exist with translated text.
- Other
- No documented language-exclusive errors or major regional variants.
06Current Market Value
| Holo | ~$408 TCGplayer market (asking-price proxy); eBay solds may differ — verify current listings. |
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07Why Collectors Want It
- Early-2000s Southern Islands printing with vintage collector appeal.
- Mew — Pokemon TCG catalog for the Kanto-region Psychic-type Pokemon (Pokedex #151).
- Southern Islands was distributed through limited organized-play channels — genuinely scarce supply.
- Required for any complete Mew master set across eras.
- Collectors of the Southern Islands set need this card to finish it.
08Competitive Playability
Tier: None
Basic Mew with 30 HP; top attack around — damage. Functions as an evolution-chain piece rather than a tournament attacker.
09Card Moves and Abilities
Rainbow Wave
Choose a type of Energy other than Colorless attached to Mew. This attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon of that type (including Benched Pokémon). Don't apply Weakness and Resistance.
- Weakness
- Psychic ×2
- Retreat cost
- 0
10Grading and Population
PSA 10 estimate: WotC-era Mew PSA 10 populations vary; small numbers across most sets.
Graded copies command notable premiums over raw, especially for 1st Edition prints.
Other graders: BGS and CGC also grade vintage Pokemon; PSA dominates secondary-market liquidity.