Mega Excadrill ex 65/84 · Pitch Black

Excadrill is Pokédex #530, generation 5 (Unova). Mega Excadrill ex is a Stage 1 MEGA ex Metal Pokémon with 340 HP. The card says it evolves from Drilbur. In this catalog that name is Drilbur (#529).

Mega Excadrill ex sits at 65/84 in Pitch Black, position 65 of 120. Before it is 64 Bronzong, and after it is 66 Pikipek. The set belongs to the Mega Evolution series. It was released on July 17, 2026. The printed size is 84. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. The listed rarity is Double Rare.

The attack Undermine lists 90 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal. Discard the top 2 cards of your opponent's deck. Maximum Drilling is another attack lists 200+ damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Metal. If this Pokémon has at least 2 extra Energy attached (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 130 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: Mega Evolution ex Rule: When your Mega Evolution Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. The regulation mark is J.

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 is named Excadrill, while this one is Mega Excadrill ex. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 340 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Double Rare. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Keisuke Azuma illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 19 other cards of Excadrill list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Keisuke Azuma. I count 4 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Pitch Black set binder is where a full Pitch Black 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.