Excadrill ex 46/86 · Black Bolt

Black Bolt is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on July 18, 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 171 cards. Excadrill ex is 46/86, in position 46 of 171 on this checklist. Before it is 45 Drilbur, and after it is 47 Timburr. The listed rarity is Double Rare.

Excadrill ex is a Stage 1 ex Fighting Pokémon with 270 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).

N-DESIGN Inc. illustrated this card. The same name is on 68 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 is named Excadrill, while this one is Excadrill ex. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 270 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Double Rare. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and N-DESIGN Inc. illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 18 other cards of Excadrill list a different HP.

The attack Piercing Drill lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. This attack also does 60 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon that has any damage counters on it. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Rock Tumble is another attack lists 200 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Fighting. This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is I.

I keep a set binder for Black Bolt, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Black Bolt 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.