How to get Mew in Pokemon TCG Pocket
Nov. 14, 2024The Mew card in Pokemon TCGP is the legendary reward for a secret Kanto challenge
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The Pokemon TCG Pocket Mew card is a secret reward that you won’t be told about when you start, nor is it made clear what you have to do to get it. However, there’s a special challenge in TCGP Pocket called “Complete the Kanto Pokedex”, which will give you Mew at the end when you’re done.
Appropriately enough, the Kanto Pokedex is all about getting the original Pokemon from Gen 1, at which point Mew will be introduced to get you to the classic 151. If you want more detail on what that includes, here’s a full guide on how to get Mew in Pokemon TCG Pocket, and how good the actual card is once you have it.
How to get the Mew card in Pokemon TCG Pocket
To get the Pokemon TCG Pocket Mew card, as mentioned above, you need tocomplete the Kanto Pokedex,which means getting at least one of every of the original 150 Pokemon in the game.
Once you do so, an option will come up in your “missions” tab to complete the quest and reward you with the Mew card itself, like any other mission reward. This is one of severalPokemon TCG Pocket Secret Missions, all of which have their own requirements and reward. Not only that, Mew is actually used to complete a different secret mission, “The Immersive 4”.
To be blunt,Mew is not a very good card in any deck,and is arguably more of a way to boast about your collection than a real contender for the list ofPokemon TCG Pocket best cards. It’s also one of the “Immersive” cards, so holding you finger down on it in your collection or Binder will let you see a little video of Mew exploring different environments and Pokemon.
As seen above, Mew is a basic 60 health Psychic type with a 1 Energy attack, “Psy Report”, that does 20 damage and lets you look at the opponent’s hand, same as the Hand Scope item. It’s not awful and might serve passably in the early game, but we can’t really see it having a place in any of thePokemon TCG Pocket best decksat time of writing.
To complete the Kanto Pokedex, you need to getat least one variant of all the original 150 Pokemonfrom the games and card sets. That means you can theoretically substitute some cards with rarer variants (or the differentPokemon TCG Pocket Promo cards), but you do still have to get 150 cards nonetheless. So you do have to get Mankey, for example, but it can either be the normal version from a card pack, or the special Promo version from thePokemon TCG Pocket Lapras ex event.
Here’s the full list of all the Pokemon in the Kanto Pokedex, to help you fill the gaps in your collection, as arranged by their Pokedex number:
Mew may not be a great card, but its edgy clone is a very different matter. Check out how to make the meta-bustingPokemon TCG Pocket Mewtwo ex deckhere, or find out if we’ll see aPokemon TCG Pocket PCport here!
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