Meganium 26/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

Meganium is Pokédex #154, generation 2 (Johto). Meganium is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Bayleef. In this catalog that name is Bayleef (#153).

Meganium sits at 26/123 in HeartGold & SoulSilver, position 26 of 124. Before it is 25 Ledian, and after it is 27 Persian. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on 10 February 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Sleep Powder lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Giant Bloom is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Remove 2 damage counters from Meganium. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Meganium's breath has the power to revive dead grass and plants. It can make them healthy again."

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). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 15 other cards of Meganium list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HeartGold & SoulSilver set binder is where a full HeartGold & SoulSilver 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Johto starters and Nap time. I still need this card.