MeganiumExpedition Base Set 53/165 price & value
$17.00
up +7.2%4 weeks · Steady
High confidence
High confidence
Many recent comparable sales that agree closely.
- 38 ungraded in the last 90 days, all conditions
- 19 sales on record listed as near mint
- Typical sales within ±1% of the figure
- Last sale Nov 3, 2026
High liquidity79/100
High liquidity
Trades often, at prices that agree. It counts sales, not how long a listing takes to sell.
About 13 ungraded copies sell a month across all conditions, the pace of the last 90 days.
How we measure liquidity →Near mint · UltraBall Market Value · 38 ungraded sales in the last 90 days, all conditions · as of Nov 12, 2026
Graded: PSA 9 $42.00PSA 10 $43.20
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Prices updated Nov 12, 2026 · How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
People ask about this card
- What is Meganium 53/165 worth raw, in PSA 9 and in PSA 10?
- As of Nov 12, 2026, Meganium 53/165 is about $17.00 ungraded near mint (38 sales in 90 days); PSA 9 about $42.00 (7 sales); PSA 10 about $43.20 (3 sales). Every grade’s price.
- Which printing of Meganium 53/165 is this, and why do two copies differ in price?
- Meganium 53/165 comes in 2 printings: Non-Holo $16.76 ungraded, Reverse Holo $69.99 ungraded. Reverse holo or non-holo: the reverse holo’s border and text box shine; the non-holo has no shine anywhere. Printings compared.
Meganium 53/165 price over time
- Recorded prices, joined day to day
Ungraded, 1 year: $10.00 on Nov 11, 2025, $17.00 on Nov 12, 2026. Lowest $9.58, highest $17.00.
- Now
- $17.00
- 4 weeks
- +7.2%
- 90 days
- +24%
- 1 year
- +70%
- Highest, 1Y
- $17.00
- Lowest, 1Y
- $9.58
Recorded history starts January 2021. Earlier history is monthly averages; from July 22, 2026 the line is a smoothed 7-day average of daily prices, so single-day swings don’t show. Between recorded prices, the line and its daily values are estimated from the prices either side.
Meganium 53/165 price by month
Ungraded, at the end of each month, newest first: the line above read off at each month’s last day. The latest month ends on today’s UltraBall Market Value.
| Month | Ungraded | Change on month |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026to Nov 12, 2026 | $17.00 | up +5.1% |
| October 2026 | $16.18 | up +2.3% |
| September 2026 | $15.81 | down −2.9% |
| August 2026 | $16.29 | up +36% |
| July 2026 | $12.02 | – |
| May 2026 | $13.54 | down −4.6% |
| April 2026 | $14.20 | up +3.6% |
| March 2026 | $13.70 | up +43% |
| February 2026 | $9.58 | down −30% |
| January 2026 | $13.69 | up +18% |
| December 2025 | $11.58 | up +16% |
| November 2025 | $10.00 | up +5.4% |
Recent verified sales
RawMeganium (53) Rare Expedition 053/165 MPNov 10, 2026 · eBay · Sold as moderate play · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $10.84asking- PSA 82002 Pokemon Expedition #53 Meganium PSA 8 NM-MTNov 9, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $35.00
PSA 72002 Pokemon Expedition #53 Meganium PSA 7 NM-MTNov 8, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $36.00- PSA 8PSA 8 NM-MT Meganium 053/165 Expedition Base Set WoTC EraNov 6, 2026 · eBay · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $30.00asking
Raw2002 Pokemon MEGANIUM #53/165 Expedition Unlimited Rare Grass EnglishNov 3, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Auction · View listing · $7.40
RawMeganium 53/165 Rare Expedition Base Set Pokemon Moderately PlayedNov 2, 2026 · eBay · Sold as moderate play · Buy It Now · View listing · $10.49
RawMeganium 53/165 2002 Expedition NMOct 29, 2026 · eBay · Sold as near mint · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $19.29asking- RawPokemon Card - Meganium 53/165 Rare - Expedition Base Set - LPOct 29, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · View listing · $27.19
RawMeganium 53/165 Rare Expedition Base Set Pokemon DamagedOct 26, 2026 · eBay · Sold as damaged · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $7.00asking
RawMeganium 53/165 Expedition 2002 100 HP Rare English Regular Pokémon TCGOct 26, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $11.56asking
RawMeganium #53/165- Expedition Base Set LPOct 25, 2026 · eBay · Sold as light play · Offers taken (asking price; paid may be lower) · View listing · Asking price, up to $7.99asking
PSA 92002 Pokemon Expedition #53/165 Meganium PSA 9 MINTOct 22, 2026 · eBay · Auction · View listing · $39.00
CGC 10CGC 10 GEM MINT Meganium 53/165 Expedition Pokemon CardOct 20, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing · $89.99
PSA 9Pokemon TCG Meganium Expedition 53/165 Rare 2002 Vintage PSA 9 MintOct 10, 2026 · eBay · Best offer accepted (asked $60.00) · View listing · $48.00
PSA 102002 POKEMON EXPEDITION #53 MEGANIUM PSA 10Likely best offer · asking price shownOct 9, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing · Asking price, up to $500asking
PSA 9Pokemon Meganium Expedition #53 Mint PSA 9Oct 7, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing · $59.99
PSA 92002 Pokemon Meganium Non Holo Rare E Reader Expedition 53/165 PSA 9 Mint! WOTCOct 2, 2026 · eBay · Buy It Now · View listing · $64.95- PSA 10PSA 10 Meganium 53/165 Expedition Pokemon Card WOTC Rare Non Holo 2002Aug 23, 2026 · eBay · View listing · $28.54
Graded values
Meganium 53/165 price by grade
| Grade | Market value | 4 wk | Sales/moSales a month | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UngradedHigh. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely. | $17.00Last $7.40 · Nov 3, 2026 | up +7.2% | 13High liquidity. High | $7.40Nov 3, 2026High. Many recent comparable sales that agree closely. |
| PSA 102.5× rawMedium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. | $43.20Last $28.54 · Aug 23, 2026 | down −5.3% | 1Low liquidity. Low | $28.54Aug 23, 2026Medium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. |
| PSA 92.5× rawMedium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. | $42.00Last $39.00 · Oct 22, 2026 | down −2.0% | 2Medium liquidity. Medium | $39.00Oct 22, 2026Medium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. |
| PSA 82× rawMedium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. | $34.28Last $35.00 · Nov 9, 2026 | up +4.7% | 1Medium liquidity. Medium | $35.00Nov 9, 2026Medium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. |
| PSA 71.7× rawLimited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. | $28.99Last $36.00 · Nov 8, 2026 | up +10% | 0.7Medium liquidity. Medium | $36.00Nov 8, 2026Limited. How closely the price sources agree, and how often the card trades. |
| CGC 102.4× rawMedium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. | $40.80Last $89.99 · Oct 20, 2026 | – | 0.7Medium liquidity. Medium | $89.99Oct 20, 2026Medium. Some recent sales, or sales that vary more than usual. |
Each graded row counts only that grade's sales; the ungraded row counts every condition. Sales a month is the 90-day pace. Last sale is the latest verified sale, never an asking price. How we calculate the UltraBall Market Value
Showing each company’s top grade. Choose a company above for every grade it has a price for.
Grade it with PSA?
Grade yours from photos →Change the costs, or add your own odds →- If it gets a PSA 10
- −$62.26
- If it gets a PSA 9
- −$63.31
- PSA fee for a PSA 10
- $59.99 Standard
- Slab sale price to break even
- $115at Standard, $59.99
- Grading pays, at today’s prices
- No priced grade
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 36%
Against selling raw at $17.00, after the PSA fee for what the slab is worth (a 10 goes in at Standard, $59.99; a 9 at the same level), $25.00 shipping and insurance, and eBay US selling fees, as the selling calculator works them out, with its usual $5 postage and $1 packing on each sale: the same sum as the selling calculator. Each grade is charged the fee level its own slab price needs, so the break-even price carries the fee for a slab at that price, not the PSA 10 fee. These are outcomes if the card gets each grade, not the chance that it will. PSA has graded 206 copies; 75 got a 10.
Population
- PSA graded
- 206
- PSA 10
- 75
- PSA 9
- 80
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 36%
- PSA 10s of all graded
A higher historical PSA 10 rate than 78% of the Expedition Base Set cards PSA has graded enough of.
| Grader | Graded | 10s | 9s | 10s share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 206 | 75 | 80 | 36% |
| CGC | 131 | 32 | 38 | 24% |
- PSA graded
- 206
- 10s
- 75
- 10s share
- 36%
- Historical PSA 10 rate
- 36%
Every PSA grade (8)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 75 | 36% |
| 9 | 80 | 39% |
| 8 | 31 | 15% |
| 7 | 8 | 3.9% |
| 6 | 5 | 2.4% |
| 5 | 4 | 1.9% |
| 4 | 2 | 0.97% |
| 3 | 1 | 0.49% |
PSA’s count of Nov 5, 2026. The rate is PSA 10s over every copy PSA has graded.
- CGC graded
- 131
- 10s
- 32
- 10s share
- 24%
- Historical CGC gem rate
- 24%
- Gem: 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s
Every CGC grade (13)
| Grade | Copies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 32 | 24% |
| 9.5 | 9 | 6.9% |
| 9 | 38 | 29% |
| 8.5 | 20 | 15% |
| 8 | 10 | 7.6% |
| 7.5 | 5 | 3.8% |
| 7 | 6 | 4.6% |
| 6.5 | 3 | 2.3% |
| 6 | 1 | 0.76% |
| 5 | 2 | 1.5% |
| 4.5 | 2 | 1.5% |
| 3.5 | 1 | 0.76% |
| Authentic | 2 | 1.5% |
CGC’s count of Nov 10, 2026. 10s share counts every 10 label; CGC’s own gem is 10s, Pristine and Perfect 10s.
PSA’s count of Nov 5, 2026. CGC, BGS and SGC as of Nov 10, 2026; their 10s include Pristine, Perfect and Black Label 10s. PSA counts the cards it has graded, not every copy that exists. Compare with the low pop cards and the hardest PSA 10s.
PSA 10 price against PSA’s population
The same 11 weeks, Jul 24, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026: the price on the day of each weekly PSA report, and the report’s counts. Side by side, not cause and effect.
Left: PSA 10 price, US$. Right: PSA graded copies.
About this card
Meganium is card 53 of 165 in the Expedition Base Set price guide, a set released in September 2002 during the Wizards of the Coast era. Its rarity is Rare. The artwork is by Kagemaru Himeno. In the checklist it sits after Magby 52/165 and before Meganium 54/165.
It is the 79th most valuable of the 165 priced cards in Expedition Base Set, behind Charizard 6/165 (see the most valuable Expedition Base Set cards).
It is one of 20 English Meganium cards, and ranks 13th among them by ungraded value; the most valuable is Meganium ex from Unseen Forces. Compare them all in the most valuable Meganium cards.
What the data says
The ungraded value has held within 10% over four weeks (+7.2% on 7-day averages), on 38 ungraded sales in 90 days.
PSA has graded 206 copies, 75 of them PSA 10 (36%). That describes the copies sent in, not the chance a given card grades 10.
From prices of Nov 12, 2026 and sales to Nov 3, 2026. Observations, not advice or a forecast. How we read the market
Market snapshot
How each figure is worked out- 4 weeks
- +7.2%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 90 days
- +24%ungraded, between 7-day averages
- 1 year
- +70%ungraded; before Jul 22, 2026 from monthly averages
- Direction
- Steadywithin 10% of four weeks ago, on 7-day averages
- High since daily tracking
- At the high$17.00 on Nov 11, 2026, 7-day average; daily prices since Jul 22, 2026
- Liquidity
- High12.7 ungraded sales a month over 90 days
- Price confidence
- High confidenceMany recent comparable sales that agree closely.
- Ungraded sold
- 16in 30 days; 38 in 90
- PSA 10 premium
- 2.5×the ungraded price; the typical Expedition Base Set card with a PSA 10 price: 21.7×
- PSA 10 population
- 75of 206 PSA graded, count of Nov 5, 2026
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Printings compared
- Non-Holo · this pageNothing on the front shines.$16.76 ungraded
- Reverse HoloThe border and text box shine; the picture is flat.$69.99 ungraded
- Reverse holo or non-holo: the reverse holo’s border and text box shine; the non-holo has no shine anywhere.
- Number
- 53/165
- Set code
- EX
- Rarity
- Rare
- Released
- Sep 15, 2002
- Pokémon
- Meganium
- Pokédex no.
- #0154
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Printings
- Non-holo, Reverse holo
- Every Meganium PSA 10All Meganium cards ranked by PSA 10 price
- Expedition Base Set checklistAll 165 cards with prices
- All Meganium cards20 English cards
- Most valuable Meganium cardsRanked by ungraded value
- Most valuable Expedition Base Set cardsRanked by ungraded value
- Expedition Base Set chase cardsThe pulls collectors open packs for, with odds where we hold them
- Wizards of the Coast eraSets and chase cards from January 1999 on
- 2002 Pokémon cardsEvery set released in 2002, with prices
Cite this price
Meganium 53/165 (Expedition Base Set) is worth $17.00 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/expedition-base-set/meganium-53).
Meganium 53/165 (Expedition Base Set) is worth $17.00 ungraded as of Nov 12, 2026, according to UltraBall's Market Value (https://ultraball.com/cards/expedition-base-set/meganium-53).
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As of Nov 12, 2026, Meganium 53/165 Expedition Base Set is worth about $17.00 ungraded. A PSA 10 copy is worth about $43.20. How we price cards.