Pitch Black

Drilbur PBL 46/84

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Drilbur PBL 46

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PBL 46/84 there. Its illustration is signed Atsushi Furusawa.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Pitch Black set, released here on 17 July 2026.

When it came out

Pitch Black landed here on 17 July 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 22 May 2026, under the code M5. That is 56 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
70
Type
Fighting
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
J
Number
46/84
Set
Pitch BlackPBLSet guide
Illustrated by
Atsushi Furusawa

Its attacks

Call for FamilyAppel à la Famille

Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.Cherchez dans votre deck jusqu'à 2 Pokémon de base, puis placez-les sur votre Banc. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

Dig ClawsCreusogriffes

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What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Mega Excadrill ex runs it in 56 of the 56 lists we have read, seen across 47 different tournaments.

  2. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  3. A strength

    Mark J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,384 tournament lists we have read, 3,405 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Mega Excadrill ex56 of 5647PBL 46
Steven's Metagross ex30 of 6430PBL 46
Metagross14 of 4513PBL 46
Archaludon ex1 of 301PBL 46

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 16 Drilbur cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Drilbur card and its price