Sandile 135/86 · Black Bolt

Sandile is Pokédex #551, generation 5 (Unova). Sandile is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Krokorok, Krokorok (#552) under evolves to.

Sandile sits at 135/86 in Black Bolt, position 134 of 171. Before it is 134 Scolipede, and after it is 136 Krokorok. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on July 18, 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 171 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 86. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

The attack Tighten Up lists 10 damage. The cost is Darkness. Your opponent discards a card from their hand. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "They live buried in the sands of the desert. The sun-warmed sands prevent their body temperature from dropping." The regulation mark is I.

Sandile (#551) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sandile 63/114 in Black & White (2011). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Illustration Rare. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Fujimoto Gold illustrated this one. 1 other cards of Sandile list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Fujimoto Gold. I count 4 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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