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Excadrill

Primal Clash / #96/160

Excadrill

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Primal Clash
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Shin Nagasawa
Source reference
xy5-96

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Excadrill pierces the earth with its steel drills. It creates very deep tunnel networks, sometimes close enough to human infrastructure to reach a subway tunnel. Humans also use its abilities to dig passages. Some caverns it leaves behind resemble natural formations so closely that they can be mistaken for them. The Pokédex describes a burrower capable of moving very quickly underground: its passage transforms the subsurface before the Pokémon is even seen.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Shield gives Excadrill a digging speed of up to 150 km/h. Pokémon Sword explains that its caverns are sometimes mistaken for natural caves. Its underground work can therefore remain visible long after its maker has disappeared.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
100
Type (source)
Metal
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Drilbur
Pokédex number
530
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fire ×2
Resistance (source)
Psychic -20

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Description from the source

More than 300 feet below the surface, they build mazelike nests. Their activity can be destructive to subway tunnels.

Attacks

Drill Run

Cost: Metal

Damage: 20

Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon.

Straight Claw

Cost: Metal · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 60+

You may discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 30 more damage.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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