Excadrill 96/160 · Primal Clash

Primal Clash is a set in the XY series. It was released on February 4, 2015. The printed size is 160. This checklist is longer, at 164 cards. Excadrill is 96/160, in position 96 of 164 on this checklist. Before it is 95 Probopass, and after it is 97 Excadrill. The listed rarity is Rare.

Excadrill is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 100 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).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 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 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Excadrill list a different HP.

The attack Drill Run lists 20 damage. The cost is Metal. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Straight Claw is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 30 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. 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 Primal Clash, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Primal Clash set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Excadrill can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.