Ancient Mew is an unnumbered movie promo commonly tracked beside the WOTC-era promo cards. This checklist includes the 2000 international movie print plus three original Japanese print distinctions, including the first-print Nintedo typo. It is one of the signature WOTC-era movie promos.
Print variants & how to tell them apart
Ancient Mew - International print
Distributed with Pokemon: The Power of One movie tickets outside Japan in 2000. It has Cosmos-style holofoil, a wider border, and Wizards copyright text.
Ancient Mew - Japanese Nintedo error
First Japanese pamphlet print from July 17, 1999. The copyright line misspells Nintendo as Nintedo and the card uses speckle holofoil.
Ancient Mew - Japanese corrected
Brief corrected Japanese pamphlet print with Nintendo spelled correctly and the same speckle holofoil treatment as the error print.
Using the Japanese Nintedo-error scan as an interim stand-in; the corrected print differs in the copyright spelling.
Ancient Mew - Japanese Cosmos / II
Later Japanese movie-pamphlet print with Cosmos-style holofoil. It differs from the international print in copyright font, border treatment, and lack of Wizards copyright.
Using the international Cosmos-style scan as an interim stand-in; the Japanese Cosmos print differs in copyright font, border treatment, and lack of Wizards copyright.
Market values are TCGplayer prices where a product row is available. A dash means TCGplayer has no separate or active market row for that variant. As an eBay Partner & affiliate we may earn from qualifying purchases.
Ancient Mew is not part of the numbered 1/53 through 53/53 Wizards Black Star Promo sequence, but collectors commonly track it with the WOTC promo era because it was distributed with Pokemon: The Power of One. This checklist tracks the international movie print plus three original Japanese print distinctions, including the Nintedo typo.
About the print variants
The Ancient Mew rows track movie-promo print distinctions, not booster-set printings. Two rare Japanese variant images currently use disclosed stand-in scans until true front scans are available.
Frequently asked questions
Is Ancient Mew part of the numbered Wizards Black Star Promo set?
No. Ancient Mew is unnumbered, but collectors often track it beside the WOTC promo era because it was distributed during the same movie-promo period.
Which Ancient Mew variants are tracked here?
This checklist tracks the international 2000 movie print, the Japanese first print with the Nintedo typo, the corrected Japanese speckle-holo print, and the later Japanese Cosmos-style print.
What is the Ancient Mew Nintedo error?
The first Japanese pamphlet print misspells Nintendo as Nintedo in the copyright line.
Sources: numbered card data from PokemonTCG/pokemon-tcg-data and TCGdex basep; numbered images from images.pokemontcg.io; market prices and product links from TCGCSV/TCGplayer group 1418 WoTC Promo; Ancient Mew variants from Bulbapedia WOTC promos, Bulbapedia Ancient Mew, and Bulbagarden Archives, with variant naming from PriceCharting. Compiled & maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-09-01.
