Excadrill 56/108 · Dark Explorers

Dark Explorers is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on May 9, 2012. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Excadrill is 56/108, in position 56 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 55 Drilbur, and after it is 57 Excadrill. The listed rarity is Rare.

Excadrill is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Excadrill (#530), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Drilbur. In this catalog that name is Drilbur (#529).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

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 56/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 15 other cards of Excadrill list a different HP.

The attack Tunnel Strike lists no damage number. The cost is Fighting. This attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Dig Uppercut is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. Put a card from your discard pile into your hand. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "More than 300 feet below the surface, they build mazelike nests. Their activity can be destructive to subway tunnels."

I keep a set binder for Dark Explorers, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Dark Explorers set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Excadrill can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.