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Meganium #18 value & price

Card 18 / 165Holo RareGrass · HP 100Released 2002Illus. Hajime Kusajima
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Reviewed by · Updated 29 Aug 2026
Ungraded market value
$80
PSA 9
$299
PSA 10 · Gem Mint
$3.9k

Meganium is one of those Expedition-era cards that quietly rewards patience: a Rare from the 2002 base set, illustrated by Hajime Kusajima with that classic early-2000s Pokemon art style. If you are digging into Meganium value right now, the short answer is that a raw copy sits at $86, which is a solid number for a card from Pokemon's first proper expansion set. It is not a chase card in the modern sense, but it has real, steady demand from collectors who grew up with Expedition and still love filling out that set.

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Card details

Card number
18 of 165
Rarity
Holo Rare
Type
Grass
HP
100
Stage
Stage2
Weakness
Fire x2
Retreat cost
2
Illustrator
Hajime Kusajima
Released
2002

Attacks

  • Poisonpowder40
    Grass · Grass · Colorless · Colorless

    The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

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The collector's take on Meganium

Is Meganium worth grading?

So is it worth grading? Here is the honest math: a raw Meganium runs $86, a Grade 9 jumps to $298, and a PSA 10 sits at $3,900, which works out to 45.4 times the raw price. That is a big gap, and it is tempting to send every copy you own off to get slabbed. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on cards from this era, print lines and centering issues were common back then, and grading takes time and costs money whether the card comes back a 10 or a 7. If you already own a sharp-looking copy with clean edges and centering, grading can make sense. If it has any visible wear, you are often better off selling raw or just enjoying it in a binder.

How rare is Meganium?

Meganium carries a Rare designation from the Expedition set, which puts it a notch above the common and uncommon cards from that release but not in the ultra-scarce holo-rare or secret-rare territory. We do not have hard population numbers to point to here, but the general rule with Expedition Rares holds: fewer clean, well-centered copies survive each year as cards get played, sleeved late, or simply lost to time. That natural attrition is part of why the PSA 10 price sits so far above the raw price. Scarcity in high grade, not scarcity of the card itself, is really what is driving that top-end number.

Where can you pull Meganium?

This is where PackSpy's own data comes in handy, because we track real pulls across pack sites rather than just relying on price guides. We have recorded Meganium pulled 70 times across mnstr, lastpack, courtyard, and collector-crypt, with the biggest recorded pull value hitting $553. It has turned up in packs like Pack 2, noobie, Pokémon Starter Pack, The Amazing Chase Encore, and Wildcard Basic Pack, so if you are chasing this one live, those are the names worth watching. Just keep in mind that opening packs is fundamentally a gamble, most rips do not beat what you paid, so treat any pull as a nice surprise rather than a plan.

Questions people ask

How much is Meganium worth?+

A raw, ungraded Meganium from the Expedition set is worth $86 right now. That number moves quite a bit once grading enters the picture, with a Grade 9 valued at $298 and a PSA 10 reaching $3,900.

Is Meganium worth grading?+

It can be, but it depends on the condition of your copy. The jump from $86 raw to $3,900 for a PSA 10 is real money, roughly 45.4 times the raw price, but gem mint is tough to land and grading isn't free or guaranteed, so only send in copies that already look sharp.

How much is a PSA 10 Meganium worth?+

A PSA 10 Meganium is valued at $3,900, which is 45.4 times the raw card's $86 price. That gap reflects just how few copies come back from grading in true gem mint condition.

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