Meowth Collector Guide: Building a Cats & Felines Page That Actually Pops
Discover the best Meowth Pokémon cards to collect. Cute picks, rare finds, set history, and binder layout tips in one guide.
2023-12-22
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Popularity Rank: #227
Fan survey data
Blended rank from two r/pokemon "favourite Pokémon" surveys, weighted 60/40 toward the 2025 results (u/Jawnysparklez; u/mamamia1001 2019).
2025 survey: #205
2019 survey: #236
#227 / 1025
#0052
Meowth
Scratch Cat Pokémon
It washes its face regularly to keep the coin on its forehead spotless. It doesn’t get along with Galarian Meowth.
Pokédex details
National Dex
#0052
Height
0.4 m
Weight
4.2 kg
Capture rate
255 / 255
Generation
Gen I
Gender ratio
50% male, 50% female
Hatch steps
5,100 steps
Base happiness
70
Growth rate
Medium
Color
Yellow
Habitat
Urban
Shape
Quadruped
Why collectors adore Meowth
The elevator pitch for Meowth: cute, recognizable, and worth a binder slot.
- The Bulbapedia article opens by explaining that in Galar, Meowth has a Steel regional form. It evolves into Perrserker starting at level 28.
- The Pokédex literally calls Meowth a mouse — and yeah, that tracks.
- Scratch Cat Pokémon says it all: Meowth is cat-coded collector candy.
Pokémon TCG cards
Recent cards featuring Meowth from the Trading Card Game, newest first.
Ascended Heroes
Common
Perfect Order
Special illustration rare
Perfect Order
Ultra Rare
Perfect Order
Double rare
Fantastical Parade
Three Star
Fantastical Parade
One Diamond
Fantastical Parade
One Diamond
Fantastical Parade
One Diamond
Phantasmal Flames
Illustration rare
Mega Rising
One Shiny
Destined Rivals
Illustration rare
Destined Rivals
Common
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How I'd build a Meowth spread
Binder geometry for Meowth: where the eye should land first and what can stay in the background.
Cards to anchor your spread
TCG picks for collectors — pair these with a printed scene below.
Galarian Meowth #SV086 (Shining Fates Shiny Vault) is a top priority for collectors — the shiny treatment adds a sparkly centrepiece to any Meowth page.
Meowth VMAX #SWSH005 (SWSH Black Star Promos) is a promo worth chasing — alternate art that stands out on any Meowth binder page.
Alolan Meowth #128 (Cosmic Eclipse) is a promo worth chasing — alternate art that stands out on any Meowth binder page.
Species art references
Character renders for colour matching, pose ideas, and silhouette checks.
Official artwork
Match card holo colours and keep the species silhouette consistent across pockets.
HOME render
Modern pose reference when you want a cleaner, upright character layout.
Dream World vector
Simple line-and-fill shape — handy for tracing pocket placement before you print.
Shiny palette
Alternate colourway for accent pockets or shiny-themed spreads.
Art via PokéAPI/sprites (open source).
Meowth mini binder spread
A seeded two-page 3×3 binder mockup using Meowth chase cards and Michi Method scene art for display planning.
Left page
Shining Fates Shiny Vault
Rare Shiny
SWSH Black Star Promos
Promo
Cosmic Eclipse
Common
Ascended Heroes
Common
Perfect Order
Special illustration rare
Perfect Order
Ultra Rare
Perfect Order
Double rare
Right page
Fantastical Parade
Three Star
Fantastical Parade
One Diamond
Fantastical Parade
One Diamond
Fantastical Parade
One Diamond
Phantasmal Flames
Illustration rare
Mega Rising
One Shiny
Destined Rivals
Illustration rare
Start with a background that echoes Meowth's normal, then place your chase holo in the top-left anchor slot. Secondary copies can step down in rarity toward the edges so the spread breathes in photos.
Michi Method scene examples
Illustration picks when dedicated scene art is not cached yet — card frames may still show.
Scene wallpaper — Meowth
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Meowth
Scene wallpaper — Meowth
Illustration by twitter.com
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Meowth
Find more scene art
Curated galleries and search links — we do not hotlink Pinterest or ArtStation results.
Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Additional tips
- Lead with your strongest Meowth single, then echo it with a secondary spread featuring Perrserker, Persian, and Chien Pao so the page reads as a story, not a checklist.
- Try a warm cream and taupe sleeve story around Meowth's normal-type identity — mat color does more work than people admit in photos.
- For one showcase spread, print a scene that spans multiple pockets (Michi-style), then nest your favourite Meowth holos around it like a gallery wall.
- Meowth is pocket-sized (0.4m) on paper — mini-card frames and chibi-adjacent promos often feel more honest than epic landscape scenes.
Meowth: competitive snapshot
Optional competitive context for Meowth. Display collectors can skip straight to the backstory below.
Base stats
In-game numbers for Meowth — useful context beside abilities and moves.
HP
40
Attack
45
Defense
35
Sp. Atk
40
Sp. Def
40
Speed
90
Total: 290
Players file Meowth around tier "LC" while Ability Pickup (Picks up other Pokémon's used and Flung held items. May also pick up an item after battle.) shapes the fantasy — chase art that stages that payoff, not just the highest number on the slab.
- Hidden Ability Unnerve is the deep-cut hunt — call it out when you sell or trade so buyers know you are curating, not flipping random holos.
- Screech — Lowers the target's Defense by 2. — Illustration Rares that stage that motion tend to outperform static portraits.
3D battle sprites
Animated Showdown-style models for Meowth — normal and shiny.
Sprites via Project Pokémon. Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Backstory & Lore
A short write-up on Meowth, weaving together Pokédex notes, species lore, and evolution context.
It washes its face regularly to keep the coin on its forehead spotless. It doesn’t get along with Galarian Meowth.
Adores circular objects. Wanders the streets on a nightly basis to look for dropped loose change.
Meowth shows up in Yellow lore as appears to be more active at night.. When you shop for cards, look for illustrations that lean into that mood instead of generic portrait poses.
Canon tags Meowth as the Scratch Cat Pokémon, a creature of urban habitats, and known for yellow colouration — backgrounds that echo those cues (studio, habitat, or abstract) usually photograph better than random neon gradients.
In the games, Meowth → Persian → Perrserker make up this evolution family — a natural arc to echo when you curate cards or binder spreads.
Name in other languages
Common localized names collectors may search for.
German
Mauzi
Spanish
Meowth
French
Miaouss
Italian
Meowth
Japanese
ニャース
Japanese (Romaji)
Nyarth
Korean
나옹
Chinese (Simplified)
喵喵
Chinese (Traditional)
喵喵
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