How many Pidgey cards are there?

There are 19 Pidgey cards, printed between 1999 and 2024 across 16 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.

Which Pidgey card has the best artwork?

That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Pidgey art first, however common or rare the card.

Who illustrates Pidgey cards?

14 illustrators have drawn Pidgey. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 4, followed by Atsuko Nishida and Suwama Chiaki.

What was the first Pidgey card?

Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 16 of its 19 cards are Common.

No. 16 · Kanto · Normal/Flying

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Pidgey is a Normal/Flying-type Pokémon introduced in Kanto, number 16 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 1999 to 2024. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.

Cards: 19
Sets: 16
Printed: 1999–2024
Illustrators: 14
Sightings: 8

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The strongest Pidgey art

01/06
Pidgey
Obsidian Flames · 2023
Drawn by Jerky
Illustration rare
02/06
Pidgey
Triumphant · 2010
Drawn by Suwama Chiaki
Common
03/06
Pidgey
Flashfire · 2014
Drawn by Atsuko Nishida
Common
04/06
Pidgey
151 · 2023
Drawn by Oswaldo KATO
Common
05/06
Pidgey
Obsidian Flames · 2023
Drawn by Naoyo Kimura
Common
06/06
Koga's Pidgey
Gym Challenge · 2000
Drawn by Ken Sugimori
Common

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Which is the better picture?

Two Pidgey cards, side by side.

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Pidgey by scene

Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Pidgey cards, the artwork that shows it most first.

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in the forest5 cards in the sky4 cards in a meadow6 cards

How Pidgey gets drawn

Pidgey is usually drawn nostalgic and serene, often perching, often painted.

Across 16 Pidgey artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.

Moods

Light and time

By day 94%In summer 69%

Perching6 of 16 artworks Flying9 of 16 artworks Serene9 of 16 artworks In summer11 of 16 artworks

Drawn against type

The Pidgey pictures least like the rest.

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1999–2024

Pidgey through the years

Its strongest card of each year it was printed.

1999 Base Set
2000 Gym Challenge
2002 Legendary Collection
2004 FireRed & LeafGreen
2006 POP Series 4
2007 Secret Wonders
2010 Triumphant
2011 Call of Legends
2014 Flashfire
2019 Team Up
2023 Obsidian Flames
2024 Paldean Fates

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Pidgeythis page · 19 cards
Pidgeotto16 cards

Pidgey sightingsspotted in 8 other cards

Cards where Pidgey turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.

Every Pidgey card

19 cards, strongest artwork first.

Pidgey

Ken Sugimori

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Pidgey in numbers

Cards: 19
Sets: 16since Base Set
Illustrators: 14most by Ken Sugimori
Printed: 1999–2024
Printed as: Basic
Sightings: 8in other cards' art
HP on card: 40–60

They span 16 sets, from Base Set to Paldean Fates. 14 illustrators have drawn it, most often Ken Sugimori, Atsuko Nishida and Suwama Chiaki.

Who draws Pidgey

14 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.

Where it has been printed

16 sets, by how many Pidgey cards each holds.

4 more sets

Rarity

Common16Illustration rare1Shiny rare1Uncommon1

Questions

How many Pidgey cards are there?: There are 19 Pidgey cards, printed between 1999 and 2024 across 16 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
Which Pidgey card has the best artwork?: That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Pidgey art first, however common or rare the card.
Who illustrates Pidgey cards?: 14 illustrators have drawn Pidgey. Ken Sugimori has done the most at 4, followed by Atsuko Nishida and Suwama Chiaki.
What was the first Pidgey card?: Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Base Set, released in 1999. 16 of its 19 cards are Common.