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Meganium

E-Card

Expedition Base Set · #53 · Rare · 2002

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Market reference

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Card facts

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Set position: 53 / 165
Release year: 2002
Rarity: Rare
HP: 100
Subtype: Stage 2
Evolves from: Bayleef
Retreat cost: 3 energy
Illustrator: Kagemaru Himeno
Pokédex #: 154
Series: E-Card

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role: Status Conditions
Damage efficiency: 50 damage; 20 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Stage 2; Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up

Also does

Attacker

Strategy & play

How Meganium plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
Its main attack (Solarbeam) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.

How to beat Meganium

Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 4% of decks; 1.99 copies on average · 2392 decks
Match win rate: 48.0%; +0.8 pts vs the 47.2% field average

Plays well with

Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.

Bayleef

in 22% of decks · 527 seen

Chikorita

in 53% of decks · 1268 seen

Bayleef

in 94% of decks · 2253 seen

Chikorita

in 54% of decks · 1290 seen

Hydrapple ex

in 63% of decks · 1512 seen

Tapu Bulu

in 51% of decks · 1235 seen

Mega Meganium ex

in 12% of decks · 293 seen

Dipplin

in 2% of decks · 55 seen

Budget alternatives

Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.

Munkidori

$0.33 · in 35% of decks

Frogadier

$0.20 · in 1% of decks

Brute Bonnet

$0.16 · in 1% of decks

Team Rocket's Zubat

$0.07 · in 0% of decks

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About this card

HP: 100Type:GGrassSubtype: Stage 2Evolves from: Bayleef

GSleep Powder — 20

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

GGCSolarbeam — 50

Weakness:R×2

Resistance:W-30

Retreat cost:CCC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

This printing of Meganium has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

Meganium — Mega Evolution

Played in 611 recent decks

Pricing reference

Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.

TCGPlayer (USD)

Updated 2026/07/05

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Normal	$9.50	$17.01	$912.91	$13.76	—
Reverse Holofoil	$54.99	$62.49	$69.99	$34.72	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/06/21

Variant	Price
1-day average	€8.77
7-day average	€10.19
30-day average	€6.25
Low	€0.80
Trend price	€8.97
Low (excellent+)	€4.80
Reverse holo low	€2.50
reverseHoloAvg1	€44.90
Reverse holo 7-day	€26.58
reverseHoloSell	€25.23
averageSellPrice	€6.90
Reverse holo 30-day	€14.37
Reverse holo trend	€21.49

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Meganium is real?

Meganium is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.

What is Meganium worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Meganium is $13.76; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.

What set is Meganium from?

Meganium is from the Pokémon set "Expedition Base Set" in the E-Card series, released in 2002.

What rarity is Meganium?

Meganium is a Rare card in the Expedition Base Set set.