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Meganium

E-Card

Expedition Base Set · #18 · Rare Holo · 2002

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Market reference

$180.01

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Card facts

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Set position: 18 / 165
Release year: 2002
Rarity: Rare Holo
HP: 100
Subtype: Stage 2
Evolves from: Bayleef
Retreat cost: 2 energy
Illustrator: Hajime Kusajima
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: 40 damage; 10 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 Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
Its main attack (Poisonpowder) 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 ≥50 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 — ≥50 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: 4% of decks; 1.99 copies on average · 2215 decks
Match win rate: 48.5%; +1.2 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.

Bayleef

in 23% of decks · 500 seen

Chikorita

in 53% of decks · 1172 seen

Bayleef

in 94% of decks · 2077 seen

Chikorita

in 53% of decks · 1176 seen

Hydrapple ex

in 65% of decks · 1432 seen

Tapu Bulu

in 52% of decks · 1162 seen

Dipplin

in 5% of decks · 115 seen

Dipplin

in 3% of decks · 56 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

Team Rocket's Zubat

$0.07 · in 0% of decks

Brute Bonnet

$0.16 · in 0% of decks

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About this card

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

Poké-Power: Soothing Aroma

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may flip a coin. If heads, remove 1 damage counter from each of your Pokémon that has any. This power can't be used if Meganium is affected by a Special Condition.

GGCCPoisonpowder — 40

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Weakness:R×2

Resistance:W-30

Retreat cost:CC

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 589 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
Holofoil	$146.16	$198.08	$249.99	$180.01	—
Reverse Holofoil	$62.71	$200.00	$1,851.59	$59.72	$1,851.59

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/07/01

Variant	Price
1-day average	€90.00
7-day average	€60.98
30-day average	€53.41
Low	€7.70
Trend price	€46.62
Low (excellent+)	€15.90
Reverse holo low	€8.50
reverseHoloAvg1	€16.03
Reverse holo 7-day	€20.56
reverseHoloSell	€26.22
averageSellPrice	€68.72
Reverse holo 30-day	€19.71
Reverse holo trend	€21.14

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 $180.01; 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 Holo card in the Expedition Base Set set.