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Meganium 53/165

Set: Expedition Base Set Released: Sep 15, 2002
Pokémon: Meganium Grass Type Rare Illustrator: Kagemaru Himeno Pull Rate:1 in 40 packs (2.5%) Evolves From: Bayleef

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Meganium #53/165 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Meganium #53/165 from Expedition Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Meganium has moved up 7.4% to $15.89. PSA 10 copies are up 8.6% over the same period.

Meganium #53/165 appears roughly 1 in 40 packs, which works out at 2.5% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Expedition Base Set.

Meganium #53/165 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Expedition Base Set.

At $15.89 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $91.17, giving a net return of +$35.43 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$2.80 and PSA 8 returns −$16.47, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 206 copies of Meganium #53/165, of which 75 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 36.4%, or roughly 1 in 2.7 graded copies.

No. At a 36.4% gem rate, Meganium grades better than the Expedition Base Set average by 18.6 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Meganium #53/165 was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, who has illustrated 1241 Pokémon cards in total.

Meganium #53/165 was released on 15 September 2002 as part of Expedition Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 2 Pokémon from the Johto region.