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Koga's Pidgey

Gym Challenge / #80/132

Koga's Pidgey

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Gym Challenge
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Ken Sugimori
Source reference
gym2-80

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About the species

Pidgey seeks forests and usually avoids confrontations. If it feels threatened, it beats its wings close to the ground to raise sand and hinder its opponent before escaping. Yet its gentleness does not mean it cannot defend itself when attacked. Even far from home in unfamiliar surroundings, its sense of direction lets it find its nest again. The Pokédex thus combines caution, rapid defense and a remarkable memory for routes.

This account describes the species in the video games. It does not describe its Trainer’s history or that of this copy, and does not identify the depicted form or sex.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Omega Ruby emphasizes that Pidgey finds its nest from unfamiliar surroundings. Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu shows it preferring a cloud of sand to a counterattack. It can therefore return from far away while avoiding unnecessary exposure to danger.

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Card details

HP
50
Type (source)
Colorless
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
16
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Lightning x2
Resistance (source)
Fighting -30

Printed card text — English

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Attacks

Peck

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 10

Sand-attack

Cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 20

If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • First Edition
  • normal · standard
  • normal · standard · 1st-edition

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