Drilbur 124/86 · Black Bolt

Drilbur is Pokédex #529, generation 5 (Unova). Drilbur is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Excadrill, Excadrill (#530) under evolves to.

Drilbur sits at 124/86 in Black Bolt, position 123 of 171. Before it is 123 Golurk, and after it is 125 Timburr. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 18 July 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 Mud-Slap lists 10 damage. The cost is Fighting. Corkscrew Punch is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It can dig through the ground at a speed of 30 mph. It could give a car running aboveground a good race." The regulation mark is I.

Drilbur (#529) has 14 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 Drilbur 54/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Illustration Rare. match illustrated that card, and Koji Nakata illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 3 other cards of Drilbur list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Koji Nakata. I count 1 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. Drilbur can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.