Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Meganium
HGSS Black Star Promos · #HGSS08 · Promo · 2010
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Market reference
$46.14
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- HGSS08 / 25
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 150
- Subtype
- Stage 2 · Prime
- Evolves from
- Bayleef
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Noriko Hotta
- Pokédex #
- 154
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 80 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
Strategy & play
How Meganium plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Solarbeam) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 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 ≥75 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Bayleef first).
- Seen in 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Meganium
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥75 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 1.99 copies on average · 2244 decks
- Match win rate
- 48.4%
- +1.1 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Meganium?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Power: Leaf Trans
As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may move a Grass Energy attached to 1 of your Pokémon to another of your Pokémon. This power can't be used if Meganium is affected by a Special Condition.
GGCCSolarbeam — 80
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:W-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 569 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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $19.99 | $45.17 | $53.68 | $46.14 | — |
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 $46.14; 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 "HGSS Black Star Promos" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Meganium?
Meganium is a Promo card in the HGSS Black Star Promos set.
Other Meganium printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
