Base Set

Pidgeotto

BS22· Rare
Pidgeotto BS 22

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
60
Type
Colorless
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Number
22/102
Set
Base SetBS
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

Its attacks

Whirlwind

20

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

If Pidgeotto was attacked last turn, do the final result of that attack on Pidgeotto to the Defending Pokémon.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 336 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Base Set landed here on 9 January 1999.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 18 Pidgeotto cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Pidgeotto card and its price