Pidgey 86/130 · 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. Pidgey is 86/130, in position 86 of 130 on this checklist. Before it is 85 Paras, and after it is 87 Pikachu. The listed rarity is Common.

Pidgey is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 8. In the Pokédex this is Pidgey (#016), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Pidgeotto, Pidgeotto (#017) under evolves to.

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

Pidgey (#016) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Pidgey 57/102 in Base (1999). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. 12 other cards of Pidgey list a different HP.

The attack Whirlwind lists 10 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.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A common sight in forests and woods. It flaps its wings at ground level to kick up blinding sand."

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. Pidgey can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.