Meganium HGSS08/25 · HGSS Black Star Promos

Meganium is Pokédex #154, generation 2 (Johto). Meganium is a Stage 2 Prime Grass Pokémon with 150 HP. The card says it evolves from Bayleef. In this catalog that name is Bayleef (#153).

Meganium sits at HGSS08/25 in HGSS Black Star Promos, position 8 of 25. Before it is HGSS07 Feraligatr, and after it is HGSS09 Typhlosion. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on 10 February 2010. The printed size is 25, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

Leaf Trans is listed as Poké-Power. As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may move a Grass Energy attached to 1 of your Pokémon to another of your Pokémon. This power can't be used if Meganium is affected by a Special Condition. The attack Solarbeam lists 80 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 2.

Meganium (#154) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 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 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Noriko Hotta illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 13 other cards of Meganium list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Noriko Hotta. I count 20 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HGSS Black Star Promos set binder is where a full HGSS Black Star Promos 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. I still need this card.