Pokémon · POP
Pidgey
POP Series 4 · #12 · Common · 2006
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Market reference
$25.68
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 12 / 17
- Release year
- 2006
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Pidgeotto
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hisao Nakamura
- Pokédex #
- 16
- Series
- POP
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 Pidgey 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 (Quick Attack) 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 ≥20 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 Pidgey
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Hisao Nakamura
This card was illustrated by Hisao Nakamura.
Building around Pidgey?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CCQuick Attack — 20+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage.
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Pidgey has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Pidgey δ — Holon Phantoms
Played in 48 recent decks
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $13.65 | $39.98 | $419.80 | $25.68 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €13.00 |
| 7-day average | €7.93 |
| 30-day average | €6.21 |
| Low | €0.25 |
| Trend price | €11.21 |
| Low (excellent+) | €4.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €13.00 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Pidgey is real?
Pidgey 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 Pidgey worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Pidgey is $25.68; 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 Pidgey from?
Pidgey is from the Pokémon set "POP Series 4" in the POP series, released in 2006.
What rarity is Pidgey?
Pidgey is a Common card in the POP Series 4 set.
Other Pidgey printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
