Fearow

Numbered 36 of 64 in Jungle, released in June 1999, Fearow is an Uncommon, a Stage 1 Colorless-type carrying 70 HP.

It evolves from Spearow, so Fearow is a later-stage card that set-builders usually slot into a full evolution run rather than buy alone.

Illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita. Arita painted the Base Set Charizard and much of the early holo run, and his work has a painterly weight that set the visual tone of the Wizards era.

Printed on the card, the Fearow Pokédex entry reads: "With its huge and magnificent wings, it can keep aloft without ever having to land for rest."

The fully evolved Spearow. Long beak, large wingspan, hostile in-game behavior. Jungle holo Fearow is a sleeper. Centered PSA 10 examples are scarcer than the population reports suggest.

Fearow is an Uncommon, so raw copies are inexpensive and easy to find. The value is in condition: a genuine PSA 10, especially 1st Edition, can still reach a surprising figure for an otherwise common card. The live price above breaks it down by grade.

Jungle shipped in 1st Edition and Unlimited, with no Shadowless print. The Edition 1 stamp under the artwork separates the scarcer 1st Edition Fearow from the Unlimited copy. The set also has the famous No Symbol error from its first print run, which adds a premium when the lower-right set symbol is missing.

Fearow grades forgivingly, but the same centering and edge standards apply. Pack-fresh raw copies are easy to find, which makes a clean PSA 10 submission a low-cost way to learn how the cardstock behaves under grading.

Raw copies of Fearow are inexpensive enough that grading rarely pays unless you have a clearly pack-fresh example. For set completion, a clean sleeved Fearow is the practical move.