Question 1

Is Pidgey worth grading?

Accepted Answer

Here's the honest answer to whether Pidgey is worth grading: a PSA 10 currently sits at $160, which works out to about 40.1 times what you'd get for a raw, ungraded copy. That sounds tempting, but gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on a common like this, corners and centering on Base Set commons get roughed up more than people expect from handling and factory cutting. Then there's Grade 9 sitting at $334, actually higher than the PSA 10 price right now, which is a good reminder that grading isn't a guaranteed payday and the market for any single card can shift in ways a price guide won't warn you about. Factor in grading fees and turnaround time before you send one in, and only do it if the card is already sharp in hand.

Question 2

How rare is Pidgey?

Accepted Answer

Across all grading companies combined, there are 1,218 graded copies of this Pidgey on record, and of those, 198 have earned a PSA 10. That's a meaningful chunk of the population sitting at the top grade, which is part of why gem mint copies don't command the kind of premium you'd see on a scarcer holo. Pidgey was never going to be rare in raw form, being a common, but that population data is the clearest picture of just how tough true gem mint condition really is to find.

Question 3

Where can you pull Pidgey?

Accepted Answer

This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, since no price guide records actual pack pulls the way we do. We've logged Pidgey being pulled 200 or more times across sites like tilt-rips, courtyard, and collector-crypt, so it does show up with real regularity if you're chasing Base Set nostalgia in a mixed pack. The biggest recorded pull value we've seen for it was $390, and it tends to surface in products like the Pokemon Starter Pack, Novice Pack, Pokemon Mini Pack, Pokémon Basic Pack, and Pokemon Dollar Pack. Worth remembering though, opening packs is a gamble more than an investment, most rips don't come close to covering what you paid, so treat any Pidgey pull as a nice bonus rather than the plan.

Question 4

How much is Pidgey worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Pidgey Shadowless #57 is worth $4 right now. Once graded, the value climbs a lot, with a PSA 10 sitting at $160 and a Grade 9 currently at $334, so condition and certification make a real difference here.

Question 5

Is Pidgey worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 40.1 times what a raw copy fetches. That said, only 198 of the 1,218 graded copies out there have hit that gem mint grade, so it's worth being realistic about your copy's condition and the grading cost before you send it in.

Question 6

Why is the Pidgey Shadowless #57 print worth more than the standard one?

Accepted Answer

Shadowless cards come from the earliest Base Set print run, missing the drop shadow on the artwork box that later printings have, and collectors tend to value that earlier printing history. It's part of why this specific Pidgey print gets searched and tracked separately from the standard unlimited version.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$256	200	160 / 40
PSA 9	$37	437	334 / 103
PSA 8	$19	250	136 / 114
PSA 7	$12	146	71 / 75
PSA 6	$10	95	49 / 46
PSA 5	$8.00	59	35 / 24
PSA 4	$4.25	25	16 / 9
PSA 3	$3.25	8	6 / 2
PSA 2	$3.00	2	2 / -
PSA 1	-	1	1 / -
Raw / Ungraded	$3.17	-	-

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