Pokémon · Black & White
Pidove
BW Black Star Promos · #BW15 · Promo · 2011
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Market reference
$68.33
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- BW15 / 101
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Tranquill
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Naoki Saito
- Pokédex #
- 519
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Pidove plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Gust) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Pidove
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.5 copies on average · 18 decks
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Naoki Saito
This card was illustrated by Naoki Saito.
Building around Pidove?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Each follows its Trainer's orders as best it can, but they sometimes fail to understand complicated commands."
CCGust — 20
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Pidove was legal.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/05/12| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 | $68.33 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €119.99 |
| 7-day average | €137.25 |
| 30-day average | €121.34 |
| Trend price | €175.91 |
| averageSellPrice | €119.99 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Pidove is real?
Pidove is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Pidove worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Pidove is $68.33; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Pidove from?
Pidove is from the Pokémon set "BW Black Star Promos" in the Black & White series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Pidove?
Pidove is a Promo card in the BW Black Star Promos set.
Other Pidove printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
