Temporal Forces

Drilbur

TEFFR85· Common
Drilbur TEF 85

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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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
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
H
Number
85/162
Set
Temporal ForcesTEFSet guide
Illustrated by
Kariya

Its Ability

Dig Dig DigTriple Creusement

When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may search your deck for up to 3 Basic Energy cards and discard them. Then, shuffle your deck.Lorsque vous jouez ce Pokémon de votre main sur votre Banc pendant votre tour, vous pouvez chercher dans votre deck jusqu'à 3 cartes Énergie de base et les défausser. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

Its attacks

Sand SprayJet Sableux

20

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

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Dig Dig Dig. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Ceruledge ex runs it in 29 of the 34 lists we have read, seen across 28 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

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

  5. A strength

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

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 2,349 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 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
Ceruledge ex29 of 3428TEF 85
Mamoswine ex1 of 241TEF 85
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone1 of 331TEF 85

When it came out

Temporal Forces landed here on 22 March 2024.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 January 2024, under the code SV5K + SV5M. That is 56 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

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