Pidgeotto 28/130 · Base Set 2

Base Set 2 is a set in the Base series. It was released on February 24, 2000. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. Pidgeotto is 28/130, in position 28 of 130 on this checklist. Before it is 27 Mr. Mime, and after it is 29 Pinsir. The listed rarity is Rare.

Pidgeotto is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 36. In the Pokédex this is Pidgeotto (#017), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Pidgey. In this catalog that name is Pidgey (#016). The card lists Pidgeot, Pidgeot (#018) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Pidgeotto (#017) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Pidgeotto 22/102 in Base (1999). Both list 60 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. 10 other cards of Pidgeotto list a different HP.

The attack Whirlwind lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, he or she chooses 1 of them and switches it with the Defending Pokémon. (Do the damage before switching the Pokémon.) Mirror Move is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. If Pidgeotto was attacked last turn, do the final result of that attack on Pidgeotto to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Very protective of its sprawling territory, this Pokémon will fiercely peck at any intruder."

I keep a set binder for Base Set 2, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Base Set 2 set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Pidgeotto can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.