#0908 · Paldea · Generation 9 · starter

Meowscarada

Magician Pokémon · Grass/Dark-type

Meowscarada is a Grass/Dark-type Pokémon, the Magician Pokémon, number 908 (#0908) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 1.5 m tall and weighs 31.2 kg.

Meowscarada is the Magician Pokémon, a Grass and Dark type that wins through misdirection. The Pokédex says the reflective fur lining its cape hides the stem of its flower, so the bloom seems to float in mid-air.

How to pronounce Meowscarada

Meowscarada is pronounced mee-ow-skuh-RAH-duh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Meowscarada said out loud:

In Japanese it is マスカーニャ (Masquernya).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Meowscarada is a humanoid lynx with light green fur that stops above its long, dark green legs, plus a short, fluffy tail. A four-pointed mask on its face makes its drooping ears seem like perked-up cat ears, and a collar like flower petals fastens a cape that grows from the leaves Floragato wore at its neck. It is 1.5 m tall and weighs 31.2 kg.

Behaviour

Meowscarada is a trickster who relies on misdirection: the Pokédex says it booby-traps foes with flower bombs packed with pollen and sets them off before they realise what is going on. Bulbapedia, citing the official site, calls it proud and showy, but also sensitive and prone to jealousy.

Habitat

The Pokédex names no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it does not appear in the wild and is obtained only by evolving Floragato.

Powers

Its signature move is Flower Trick, a thrown bouquet that never misses and always lands a critical hit; Bulbapedia says no other known Pokémon can learn it. It also knows Knock Off, Night Slash, U-turn and Leaf Storm. Its Ability is Overgrow, with Protean hidden, which changes its type to match each move it uses. With base Speed 123 and Attack 110 it is a fast physical attacker.

Name origin

Meowscarada may combine 'meow' with mascarada, Spanish and Portuguese for 'masquerade'. The Japanese name is Masquernya (マスカーニャ), possibly 'masquerade' plus nyā, the Japanese sound of a meow.

Design inspiration

Meowscarada appears to be a lynx, quite possibly the Iberian lynx since Paldea is based on the Iberian Peninsula, blended with a stage illusionist. Its mask and diamond patterns recall a masquerade ball and the harlequin, and its round flower may suggest a pomegranate. These are fan readings, not official statements.

Evolution notes

Sprigatito evolves into Floragato at level 16, and Floragato into Meowscarada at level 36.

In the games

Meowscarada is the final form of Sprigatito, the Grass choice among the trio of first partners that Clavell offers in Cabo Poco, and you get it by evolving Floragato in Scarlet and Violet, where it first appeared. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Liko's Meowscarada debuted in 'The Earthshaking White Zygarde', when her Floragato evolved mid-fight with the White Zygarde. It Terastallized for the first time in 'Eyes to the Skies Once Again (Part Two)', in Liko's battle against Roy.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia notes that no other fully evolved first partner Pokémon is lighter.
• Its Grass and Dark typing gives it seven weaknesses, including a 4x weakness to Bug, the most among fully evolved first partner Pokémon.
• Pokémon Sleep describes it as a talented magician that very occasionally tries a trick in its sleep, although its act rarely goes to plan.
• Bulbapedia reads the Shiny colours of the whole Sprigatito line as the normal ones seen by moonlight, a fan reading that suits its phantom-thief air.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Meowscarada (Pokémon) · Serebii: Meowscarada (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 76
• Attack: 110
• Defense: 70
• Sp. Atk: 81
• Sp. Def: 70
• Speed: 123

Meowscarada’s base stat total is 530. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Meowscarada weak to?

Meowscarada takes extra damage from Bug (4×), Fire (2×), Ice (2×), Fighting (2×), Poison (2×), Flying (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.

It resists Water (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Ground (½×), Ghost (½×), Dark (½×).

It is immune to Psychic moves.

Evolution

What does Meowscarada evolve from?

Meowscarada evolves from Floragato at level 36.

Meowscarada is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Sprigatito, Floragato, Meowscarada.

• Sprigatito evolves into Floragato at level 16.

Abilities

• Overgrow: Strengthens Grass moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
• Protean (hidden ability): Changes the bearer's type to match each move it uses.

Moves

Moves Meowscarada learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Meowscarada learns the move the moment it evolves: Flower Trick.

TM moves (61)

Meowscarada can learn 61 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Fake Tears, Agility, Mud-Slap, Protect, Low Kick, Acrobatics, Thief, Disarming Voice, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Facade, Aerial Ace, Swift, Magical Leaf, Low Sweep, Fling, Endure, Bullet Seed, Brick Break, U-turn, Shadow Claw, Foul Play, Thunder Punch, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Grass Knot, Rest, Taunt, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Dark Pulse, Skill Swap, Power Gem, Substitute, Trick, Giga Drain, Aura Sphere, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Play Rough, Helping Hand, Pollen Puff, Grassy Terrain, Nasty Plot, Grass Pledge, Giga Impact, Frenzy Plant, Leaf Storm, Trick Room, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Knock Off, Grassy Glide, Lash Out, Psych Up, Petal Blizzard, Triple Axel, Throat Chop.

Egg moves (2):Double Team, Trick.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Field, Grass.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Speed effort values.
• Base experience yield: 265.

Pokédex entries

With skillful misdirection, it rigs foes with pollen-packed flower bombs. Meowscarada sets off the bombs before its foes realize what's going on. (Violet)

This Pokémon uses the reflective fur lining its cape to camouflage the stem of its flower, creating the illusion that the flower is floating. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Fastest Grass type: 123 Speed.
• Fastest Grass type in Gen 9: 123 Speed.
• Taller than 72% of all Pokémon (1.5 m).
• Heavier than 54% of all Pokémon (31.2 kg).
• Base stat total 530, ranked #163 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Speed, ranked #32 of 1,025.
• One of 7 Pokémon that are both Grass and Dark.
• One of 130 green Pokémon.
• Number 3 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 72 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Meowscarada (Pokémon), Serebii: Meowscarada (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (mee-ow-skuh-RAH-duh): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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