Excadrill ex 168/86 · Black Bolt

Excadrill is Pokédex #530, generation 5 (Unova). Excadrill ex is a Stage 1 ex Fighting Pokémon with 270 HP. The card says it evolves from Drilbur. In this catalog that name is Drilbur (#529).

Excadrill ex sits at 168/86 in Black Bolt, position 167 of 171. Before it is 167 Meloetta ex, and after it is 169 Genesect ex. 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 Special Illustration Rare.

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.

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 Special Illustration Rare. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 18 other cards of Excadrill list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 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. Excadrill can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards and Special Illustration Rares. I still need this card.