Pidgeot 77/106 · Flashfire

Flashfire is a set in the XY series. It was released on May 7, 2014. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 110 cards. Pidgeot is 77/106, in position 77 of 110 on this checklist. Before it is 76 Pidgeotto, and after it is 78 Kangaskhan-EX. The listed rarity is Rare.

Pidgeot is a Stage 2 Colorless Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Pidgeot (#018), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Pidgeotto. In this catalog that name is Pidgeotto (#017).

kawayoo illustrated this card. The same name is on 209 other cards in the catalog.

Pidgeot (#018) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Pidgeot 8/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and kawayoo illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Pidgeot list a different HP.

The attack Clutch lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Strong Gust is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. During your next turn, this Pokémon's Strong Gust attack does 60 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance). Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When hunting, it skims the surface of water at high speed to pick off unwary prey such as Magikarp."

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