Pokémon · EX
Meganium
Unseen Forces · #9 · Rare Holo · 2005
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From
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Market reference
$33.72
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 9 / 145
- Release year
- 2005
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Bayleef
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 154
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 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 (Bouncy Move) 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.
- 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).
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.
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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Atsuko Nishida
This card was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
Building around Meganium?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Healing Aroma
As long as Meganium is your Active Pokémon, remove 1 damage counter from each Pokémon (excluding Pokémon-ex) (both yours and your opponent's) between turns.
GGCBouncy Move — 50+
You may put up to 5 damage counters on Meganium. If you do, this attack does 50 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter you put on Meganium in this way.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:W-30
Retreat cost:CCC
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 609 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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $25.00 | $48.50 | $346.70 | $33.72 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $22.15 | $31.07 | $39.99 | $34.99 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €8.00 |
| 7-day average | €3.32 |
| 30-day average | €4.06 |
| Low | €0.20 |
| Trend price | €3.07 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.50 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.90 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €13.85 |
| reverseHoloSell | €13.15 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.00 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €20.11 |
| Reverse holo trend | €11.71 |
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 $33.72; 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 "Unseen Forces" in the EX series, released in 2005.
What rarity is Meganium?
Meganium is a Rare Holo card in the Unseen Forces set.
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