Does the condition of the card change its price?

Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €45.00. Played a little: €15.00. Worn: €10.00.

How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 281/217 there. Its illustration is signed Mitsuhiro Arita.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Ascended Heroes set, released here on 30 January 2026.

It goes faster than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 75 out of 100. At least 35 copies have sold since 8 September.

Ascended Heroes

Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex ASC 281/217

ASCJPSpecial illustration rare

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€45.00

75pokoSCORE

It’s going fast right now: at least 35 copies have left since 8 September. See the pokoSCORE

Your offer depends on the card’s printing, edition and condition. We check its condition when it arrives.

How much is your Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex worth?

A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €45.00 today. That’s the same price as a week ago.

Today · You get

€45.00

The same price as on 15 September

€45.00

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pokoSCORE

It goes faster than most of the cards we buy in Japanese.

Gone since 8 September: at least 35
For sale on 27 September: 195
For sale on 8 September: 58 or more

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex ASC 281/217?: A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €45.00 today.
Does the condition of the card change its price?: Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €45.00. Played a little: €15.00. Worn: €10.00.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 281/217 there. Its illustration is signed Mitsuhiro Arita.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Ascended Heroes set, released here on 30 January 2026.
Does it sell fast?: It goes faster than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 75 out of 100. At least 35 copies have sold since 8 September.

When it came out

Ascended Heroes landed here on 30 January 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 28 November 2025, under the code M2a. That is 63 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 280
Type: Psychic
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Regulation mark: I
Number: 281/217
Set: Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by: Mitsuhiro Arita

Its Ability

Power Saverパワーセーバー

This Pokémon can't attack unless you have 4 or more Team Rocket's Pokémon in play.自分の場の「ロケット団のポケモン」が4匹以上のときにしか、このポケモンはワザが使えない。

Its attacks

Erasure Ballイレイザーボール

160+

You may discard up to 2 Energy from your Benched Pokémon. This attack does 60 more damage for each card you discarded in this way.のぞむなら、自分のベンチポケモンについているエネルギーを2枚までトラッシュし、その枚数×60ダメージ追加。

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
It has an Ability, Power Saver. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex runs it in 78 of the 78 lists we have read, seen across 68 different tournaments.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
Keep in mind
Weakness Darkness ×2. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,325 tournament lists we have read, 3,308 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex	78 of 78	68	DRI 81
Team Rocket's Spidops	23 of 27	21	DRI 81
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex	8 of 24	8	DRI 81
Steven's Metagross ex	3 of 64	3	DRI 81

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 87 Mewtwo cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Mewtwo card and its price