Meganium 53/165 · Expedition Base Set

Meganium is Pokédex #154, generation 2 (Johto). Meganium is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Bayleef. In this catalog that name is Bayleef (#153).

Meganium sits at 53/165 in Expedition Base Set, position 53 of 165. Before it is 52 Magby, and after it is 54 Meganium. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on September 15, 2002. The printed size is 165, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Sleep Powder lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Solarbeam is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -30. Retreat cost is 3.

Meganium (#154) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Meganium 10/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Meganium list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Expedition Base Set set binder is where a full Expedition Base Set set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Meganium can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.