Mewtwo Strikes Back (CoroCoro promo)

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Mewtwo Strikes Back
ミュウツーの逆襲 Mewtwo Strikes Back

Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

100

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

Japanese expansion	Unnumbered Promotional cards

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Mewtwo.

Mewtwo Strikes Back (Japanese: ミュウツーの逆襲 Mewtwo Strikes Back) is a Psychic-type Basic Pokémon card. It is one of the Unnumbered Promotional cards.

Card text

Pokémon Power:

Light of Awakening

かくせいのひかり

You may have each player search his or her deck for any number of Basic Pokémon or Evolution cards. Each player shows those cards to his or her opponent, then puts them into his or her hand. Any player who did this shuffles his or her deck afterward. You can't use this power if Mewtwo Strikes Back is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Psy-Erase

サイコイレース

Look at your opponent's hand. If he or she has any Basic Pokémon or Evolution cards, choose 1 of them and discard it.

Pokédex data

Genetic Pokémon - Suspicious

Pokédex entry

ミュウツーが目覚める時、何かが起こるといわれている。

Release information

In Japan, this card was available as a Jumbo Unnumbered Promotional card on an insert in the May 1998 issue of CoroCoro Comic, released on April 15, 1998.

Trivia

The text on the top right of the card border reads: "special jumbo card." As a Jumbo card, it cannot be used at official tournaments.
The card text on the bottom of the card border features the CoroCoro logo and reads: "Monthly CoroCoro Comics: May issue supplement. For how to play, read about the Pokémon Club on page 138!!" The CoroCoro dragon mascot is also in place of an expansion symbol.

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.