The Gift Box Mew • Lucario (Japanese: ギフトボックス ミュウ・ルカリオver.Gift Box Mew • Lucario ver.) is a special collection of cards for the Pokémon Trading Card Game and was released in Japan only.
Release date
The gift box was released on November 16, 2005.
Information
The gift box contains four quarter decks, each one centralising around a particular Pokémon. Of interest are Mew and Lucario, as they feature in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. Also included are two Pokémon, which originally sent the price of the gift box soaring overseas.
Many of the cards were later released in English in the EX Holon Phantoms expansion. One notable absentee however, was Lucario, as Nintendo never features Pokémon in the TCG before it has appeared in a major Pokémon game. Lucario eventually made its English TCG debut in Diamond & Pearl.
The same style tin was used for the Gift Box Emerald, released in Japan almost a year prior.
In addition to the cards, the gift box contains a rulebook, damage counters, generic counters, a custom coin, and a playmat.