Meganium53/165 · Expedition Base Set Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Normal
- PSA 8$281 sold · 90d · modelled · pop 28
- PSA 9$362 sold · 90d · pop 75
- PSA 10$1003 sold · 90d · pop 73
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Expedition Base Set #53/165, 2002. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
What's your copy worth?
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Meganium is a Rare Pokémon card from Expedition Base Set (#53, released 2002), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. It's a Stage 2 Grass-type Pokémon with 100 HP, evolving from Bayleef, weak to Fire ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Meganium price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence21 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · Very liquid — Sells often
Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.
By grade
- Raw$11.7638 sales · 21 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 10$95.007 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$36.003 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9$21.993 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 8$35.502 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 10$40.802 sales
- PSA 7$88.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8.5$18.001 sale
Is Meganium worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 9 — worth $36 against the $85 you put in, a $49 loss. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $36–$95. Averaged over every outcome that is −$30 a card.
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These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
The odds
Meganium is a Rare in Expedition Base Set — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 67% of the time, split across 40 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 60 packs.
Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.
Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
| Target grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $99.92 | $71 | +$14 | 6.9× |
| PSA 9 | $36.00 | $70 | −$49 | 2.5× |
| PSA 8 | $28.03 | $70 | −$57 | 1.9× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 191 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 37.7% | $95.00 |
| PSA 9 — typical | 38.2% | $36.00 |
| PSA 8 | 14.1% | $28.03 |
| PSA 7 | 3.7% | $23.82 |
| PSA 6 | 2.6% | $14.49 |
| PSA 5 | 2.1% | $14.49 |
| PSA 4 | 1% | $14.49 |
| PSA 3 | 0.5% | $14.49 |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
73 of the 195 PSA-graded Meganium copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 37%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 195.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 124.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 1.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Meganium 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Meganium Expedition Base Set 053/165 Regular CardRaw · eBay$9.00
Pokémon TCG - Meganium Expedition 53/165 -Raw · eBay$9.48
Meganium Expedition Rare Non Holo Pokemon Card 53/165Raw · eBay$9.99
Pokemon TCG Meganium 53/165 Expedition Base Set Rare Regular EnglishRaw · eBay$11.00
Pokemon TCG Meganium 53/165 Expedition Base Set Regular 100 HP Eng 2002Raw · eBay$11.99
Pokémon Meganium #53/165 Non-Holo Rare - 2002 Expedition Base Set 👀Raw · eBay$12.00Cheapest raw copy $9.00 — 38% below our near-mint estimate of $14
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 73 | $100$85–$115 | |
| PSA 9pop 75 | $36$31–$41 | |
| PSA 8pop 28 | modelled$28$24–$32 | |
| PSA 7pop 7 | modelled$24$20–$27 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
21% spreadCurrently 21% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.
Market signal
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
🔥 Trending in the community
#67 on the radarMeganium is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Bayleef.
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Meganium cards
There are 15 different Meganium printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Expedition Base Set #53 (Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
More from Expedition Base Set
Frequently asked questions
How much is Meganium (Expedition Base Set #53) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Meganium from Expedition Base Set is worth approximately $14.49 ungraded (near-mint), and around $100 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.
What is the PSA 10 price for Meganium?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Meganium from Expedition Base Set is worth around $100 — roughly 7× the raw ungraded value of $14.49.
Should I grade my Meganium?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Meganium rare?
Meganium is a Rare card from Expedition Base Set (card #53).
How do I know if my Meganium is Reverse Holo?
The card body, not the picture: Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.
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