Pidgeot · Expedition Base Set, what to know.
About the Pidgeot card
Numbered 59 of 165 in Expedition Base Set, released in September 2002, Pidgeot is a Rare, a Stage 2 Colorless-type carrying 80 HP.
It evolves from Pidgeotto, so Pidgeot is a later-stage card that set-builders usually slot into a full evolution run rather than buy alone.
Illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya.
About Pidgeot in the Pokémon world
The fully evolved Pidgey line. A large bird of prey with a colorful crest. The Pokémon Ash famously released in the anime. Jungle holo Pidgeot is one of the more underrated holos of the Wizards era. PSA 10 prices have moved meaningfully in the last two years.
What is Pidgeot worth?
Pidgeot is a non-holo Rare. In Expedition Base Set, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Pidgeot trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Pidgeot before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
On Pidgeot, look at the corners and the framed border first. Non-holo Rares took more handling than the chase holos, so a sharp, centered copy of Pidgeot in a true PSA 10 is harder to find than the print run suggests.
If you are collecting Pidgeot
For Pidgeot, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Pidgeot can make sense.
