Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Meganium
Call of Legends · #27 · Rare · 2011
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$4.66
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 27 / 106
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Bayleef
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Shin Nagasawa
- Pokédex #
- 154
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 30 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
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 (Giant Bloom) 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 ≥65 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).
How to beat Meganium
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- 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
- 6% of decks
- 1.99 copies on average · 170 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.6%
- -0.1 pts vs the 47.8% 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.
More by Shin Nagasawa
This card was illustrated by Shin Nagasawa.
Building around Meganium?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Meganium's breath has the power to revive dead grass and plants. It can make them healthy again."
GSleep Powder — 30
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
GCCGiant Bloom — 60
Remove 2 damage counters from Meganium.
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 1,496 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 2026/06/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.99 | $3.92 | $50.60 | $4.66 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.93 | $6.25 | $50.60 | $3.51 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.79 |
| 7-day average | €2.61 |
| 30-day average | €2.91 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €2.52 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.75 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €8.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €8.00 |
| reverseHoloSell | €8.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.58 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €6.68 |
| Reverse holo trend | €9.56 |
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 $4.66; 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 "Call of Legends" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Meganium?
Meganium is a Rare card in the Call of Legends set.
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Other Meganium printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
RareMeganium
HeartGold & SoulSilver · #26
Rare HoloMeganium
Lost Thunder · #8
PromoMeganium
HGSS Black Star Promos · #HGSS08
Rare HoloMeganium
Neo Genesis · #11
Rare HoloMeganium
Unseen Forces · #9
Rare PrimeMeganium
HeartGold & SoulSilver · #109
Rare HoloMeganium
Expedition Base Set · #18
RareMeganium
Expedition Base Set · #54
