Sandile 64/108 · Dark Explorers

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 64/108 in Dark Explorers, position 64 of 111. Before it is 63 Darkrai-EX, and after it is 65 Krokorok. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 9 May 2012. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Sand Dive lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks during your opponent's next turn. Corkscrew Punch is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. 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."

Sandile (#551) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 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 Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 1 other cards of Sandile list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Dark Explorers set binder is where a full Dark Explorers 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.