AttackTighten Up
Your opponent discards a card from their hand.
Sandile 57/86 · 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. Sandile is 57/86, in position 57 of 171 on this checklist. Before it is 56 Scolipede, and after it is 58 Krokorok. The listed rarity is Common.
Sandile is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sandile (#551), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Krokorok, Krokorok (#552) under evolves to.
Gapao illustrated this card. The same name is on 10 other cards in the catalog.
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. Both list the rarity Common. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Gapao illustrated this one. 1 other cards of Sandile list a different HP.
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.
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. Sandile can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 57/86
- Set
- Black Bolt
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
- Released
- July 18, 2025
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 70
- Type
- Darkness
- Illustrator
- Gapao
- Pokédex
- Sandile (#551)
- Evolves to
- Krokorok
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Retreat
- 2
- Regulation mark
- I
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
They live buried in the sands of the desert. The sun-warmed sands prevent their body temperature from dropping.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Sandile from?
Black Bolt, in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on July 18, 2025. The printed size is 86.
What is the collector number?
57/86. It is entry 57 of 171 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Gapao. The catalog lists 10 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Sandile #551, generation 5 (Unova).
What regulation mark is printed?
I.
Which attacks are printed?
Tighten Up (10).