Meganium 8 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Meganium 8
Brand: Pokémon
Author: nagimiso

This card has 150 HP, a top attack printed at 110 damage and a Fire weakness.

Grass · Stage 2 · Lost Thunder · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Meganium 8 do in a game?

Meganium 8 is a Grass Pokémon card with 150 HP, printed as Stage 2.

Its strongest attack, Solar Beam, is printed at 110 damage for 4 Energy — 28 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fire weakness, any Fire attack printed at 75 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Grass Stage 2 Rare Holo Unlimited and Expanded #154 Meganium

Meganium 8Lost Thunder

150 HP · Grass · Stage 2 · retreat 2 · Fire weakness ×2

Top printed damage11028 per Energy Solar Beam110 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points150 HP15.5% of 17,290 in the 130~180 band

Printed damage11021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 28 · typical 27.8
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 4

Price trackRare HoloLost Thunder25 printsranked among Stage 2 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2

RarityRare Holo

SetLost Thunder

Card number8

AbilityQuick-Ripening Herb

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$5.90Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by75 damage150 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness Turns of setup4 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it599 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name25 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line15 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #154 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Meganium 8 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Top printed damage — top 19.3% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 2.7%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Meganium 8 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	79.6%	150 HP
Top printed damage	80.7%	110 damage
Energy efficiency	66.9%	28 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	2.7%	4 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

4ESolar Beam28 damage per Energy card110damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 3,166of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 3,166 at 150 HP.

Grass cardsNo. 304of 2,387 by printed HP Stage 2 cardsNo. 624of 1,749 by printed HP

This cardMeganium 8Lost Thunder150 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 230 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Meganium 8

Hit points 150 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 28 damage per Energy card against 27.8 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 4.
Weakness A Fire attack printed at 75 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 1 of the 16 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Meganium 8 at a glance

What it is. A Grass Pokémon card with 150 HP printed as Stage 2, printed in Lost Thunder.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 110 damage for 4 Energy.
What it fears. A Fire weakness at ×2, which means 75 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Meganium 8 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 110 damage, which is 28 damage for every Energy card attached.

Meganium 8 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Solar Beam	1 Grass + 3 Colorless	4	110	28	No extra effect.

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Solar Beam4 Energy cards

The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Solar Beam 4 Energy110 damage for 4 Energy — 28 per Energy card110

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (110).

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How does Meganium 8 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Meganium 8 — Lost Thunder — MeganiumLost Thunder 8

No.3,166by HP in the archive

Meganium 8 prints 150 HP, which puts it at number 3,166 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

81% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 18%Where it sits on printed HP

This card150 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 2 card380 HP
Strongest Meganium printed160 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 150 HP, which is 40% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~12033.1%5,725 cards

130~180 — this card15.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 150 HP.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180 — this card	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~120 — this card21.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 110.

Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120 — this card	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

4 — this card2.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 4 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 4 typically have 157 HP and print 111 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4 — this card	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2 — this card	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 304of 2,387

That is where Meganium 8 stands highest on HP — number 304 of 2,387 cards in Grass cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 3,166 of 17,290 by HP · No. 2,908 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 18% on damage
Grass cards — 2,387 cards No. 304 of 2,387 by HP · No. 234 of 2,260 by damage · top by HP: Mega Venusaur ex, 380

top 10% on damage
Stage 2 cards — 1,749 cards No. 624 of 1,749 by HP · No. 646 of 1,721 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 38% on damage
Lost Thunder — 240 cards No. 44 of 192 by HP · No. 33 of 173 by damage · top by HP: Tyranitar-GX, 250

top 19% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 150 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 150
Top printed damage 110 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 110

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 2

1,749 on record

Cards in the same HP band

2,679 of 17,290 (15.5%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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What Meganium 8 does without attacking

Meganium 8 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

1 of 1

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Quick-Ripening Herb — Ability · once a turn

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may use this Ability. Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 2 card in your hand that evolves from that Pokémon, put that card onto the Basic Pokémon to evolve it. You can use this Ability during your first turn or on a Pokémon that was put into play this turn.

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

Why this sits apart from the attacks

An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.

Quick-Ripening Herb can only be used once a turn

The words once during your turn are printed in it, which caps it at one use per turn on that one card. Two copies of the card in play are two separate Pokémon, so each carries its own use.

Every card mechanic in the archive

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Is Meganium 8 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 110 damage attack that needs 4 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Meganium 8 — this card28.0110 damage for 4 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 4 typically return 27.8 damage per Energy card. This card returns 28.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Meganium 8 — this card	28.0	110 damage for 4 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsSolar Beam 110 / 4

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Meganium 8.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Solar Beam	—	28	—

This card, per Energy card

28 damage

Typical for a 4 Energy attack

27.8 damage

Difference

+0.3 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 110 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Grass card do for Meganium 8?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,574 Fire cards carry that type A Fire attack printed at 75 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Meganium 8 · Stage 2 150 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 110 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,884 cards in groups that print a Grass weakness Against Fighting, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grass — this cardmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass — this card	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Grassweak to Fire

Fightingweak to Grass

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Grass weakness.

What being a Grass card is worth

Groups that most often print a Grass weakness: Fighting (1,884 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Grass cards are themselves most exposed to Fire.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Meganium 8 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fire attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 75 printed damage rather than 150.

Cards that remove it in one attack

599

Cards it removes in one attack

1,775

Fire damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 150 HP against a Fire weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackBraixenChaos Rising 1280 damage

×2Fire weakness · 75 printed damage is enough
80 damage becomes 160 against this card

This cardMeganium 8Lost Thunder 8150 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 593 cards in the archive that can remove Meganium 8 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 80 printed damage against a bar of 75. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Meganiumweak to Fire ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Fire cards that remove Meganium in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Charizard ex (183)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (199)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (161)	Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	330	330	660
Mega Emboar ex (31)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Mega Emboar ex (273)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Charizard VSTAR (19)	Crown Zenith	280	320	640

150 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness means any Fire attack printed at 75 damage or more is enough. 599 cards in the archive clear that bar.

220 HP M Blastoise-EX [18]

220 HP Wailord [40]

220 HP Klawf ex [120]

220 HP Sandy Shocks ex [108]

220 HP Sandy Shocks ex [228]

220 HP Sandy Shocks ex [250]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,775 cards in the archive are weak to Grass and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Meganium as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Meganium 8 is one print of Meganium. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Meganium has been printed 25 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Meganium cards ever printedPokédex #154Prints on record 25Toughest print 360 HPThis card 150 HP

25prints

Legal in Standard1Older prints, not in Standard24

Every Meganium print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Meganium printed is 360 HP, and this card is 41.7% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Mega Meganium ex 272/217the toughest Meganium ever printedME: Ascended Heroes360 HP
Meganium 8against that record41.7% of the record150 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Meganium print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Meganium 8 can be?

Meganium evolves from Bayleef, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Meganium line, oldest stage first

Chikorita11 prints on record · EX Hidden Legends

+40 HP · +30 damage

Bayleef9 prints on record · Expedition

+50 HP · +80 damage

No imageMeganium8 prints on record · EX Unseen Forces

Chikorita → Bayleef → Meganium

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Bayleef.
The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.

1ChikoritaHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage70 HP
2BayleefHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage. Evolving here adds 40 HP over the stage before it110 HP
3MeganiumNo imageMeganiumHardest attack printed at this stage: 140 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it160 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (160 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Meganium print, and can the older ones still be played?

25 prints carry this name in the archive, and 16 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (360 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

16 rows are shown of the 25 prints counted under this name.

Meganium prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Meganium ex 272/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Mega Meganium ex 010/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Meganium 010/132	Deck Exclusives	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Meganium ex 106/115	EX Unseen Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Meganium 109/123	HeartGold SoulSilver	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Meganium HGSS08	HGSS Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Meganium 003/122	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Meganium 8/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Meganium 13/123	Mysterious Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Meganium 27/95	Call of Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Meganium δ 4/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Meganium 011/111	Neo Genesis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Meganium 018/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Meganium 010/111	Neo Genesis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Meganium 053/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Meganium 054/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

1 of the 16 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Meganium 8?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Meganium 8
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Dragonite ex δ	Dragon Frontiers	150	40	2
Venusaur	Pokémon Rumble	140	50	4
Meganium ex	Unseen Forces	150	90	2
Venusaur ex	FireRed & LeafGreen	150	90	3
Sceptile ex	Team Magma vs Team Aqua	150	100	2
Giovanni's Nidoking	Gym Challenge	120	40	3

This card itself is 150 HP, 110 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Grass like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Meganium 8 in Lost Thunder?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #8 in Lost Thunder. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Meganium 8, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Meganium 8
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Meganium 8 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. It was released on November 2, 2018.

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Meganium 8 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Solar Beam, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 28 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Bayleef has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 3,166 of 17,290

Grass cardsNo. 304 of 2,387

Stage 2 cardsNo. 624 of 1,749

Lost ThunderNo. 44 of 192

What actually removes it

A Fire attack printed at 75 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 150 HP.
599 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,775 cards in one attack.

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Meganium 8 card record

Meganium 8 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	150 HP	Type	Grass
Weakness	Fire ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Bayleef	Card type	Stage 2
Pokédex number	#154	Set	Lost Thunder
Card number	8 of 214	Series	Sun & Moon
Released	November 2, 2018	Rarity	Rare Holo
Illustrator	nagimiso
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Meganium 8 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$5.90

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One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

Meganium 8 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Meganium 8 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Meganium 8?

Meganium 8 has 150 HP and a Fire weakness at ×2, so a Fire attack printed at 75 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 150.

What is the strongest attack on Meganium 8?

Solar Beam, printed at 110 damage for 4 Energy — 28 damage per Energy card.

What is the retreat cost of Meganium 8?

2 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

How often can you use Quick-Ripening Herb?

Once during your turn. The limit is printed in the ability itself, and it is counted per Pokémon — a second copy of Meganium in play carries its own use.

Can an older Meganium print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 16 prints listed on this page, 1 is legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Meganium evolve from?

Bayleef. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Meganium 8 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Meganium 8 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Meganium 8 — what does this card actually do?

What does Meganium 8 do in a game?

Meganium 8 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Meganium 8 at a glance

What do the attacks on Meganium 8 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Meganium 8 compare with every other card?

What Meganium 8 does without attacking

Is Meganium 8 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Grass card do for Meganium 8?

What knocks out Meganium 8 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Meganium as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Meganium 8 can be?

Is this the strongest Meganium print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Meganium 8?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Meganium 8?

What was printed next to Meganium 8 in Lost Thunder?

Which rules apply to Meganium 8, and where can it be played?

Meganium 8 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Meganium 8 card record

What does Meganium 8 cost?

Meganium 8 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Meganium 8?

What is the strongest attack on Meganium 8?

What is the retreat cost of Meganium 8?

How often can you use Quick-Ripening Herb?

Can an older Meganium print be played in a tournament?

What does Meganium evolve from?

Can Meganium 8 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Meganium 8 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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