Excadrill 56/98 · Emerging Powers

Excadrill is Pokédex #530, generation 5 (Unova). Excadrill is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 110 HP. The card says it evolves from Drilbur. In this catalog that name is Drilbur (#529).

Excadrill sits at 56/98 in Emerging Powers, position 56 of 98. Before it is 55 Drilbur, and after it is 57 Excadrill. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on August 31, 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Metal Claw lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Drill Run is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Fighting. Discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It can help in tunnel construction. Its drill has evolved into steel strong enough to bore through iron plates."

Excadrill (#530) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Excadrill 57/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Excadrill list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Emerging Powers set binder is where a full Emerging Powers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Excadrill can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.