Black Bolt

Excadrill ex

BLK168· Special illustration rare
Excadrill ex BLK 168

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What the card itself says

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

HP
270
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
168/86
Set
Black BoltBLKSet guide
Illustrated by
Mitsuhiro Arita

Its attacks

Piercing Drill

60

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

200

This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance.

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

    270 HP. Only 1 cards in Black Bolt carry more.

  2. A strength

    Rock Tumble hits for 200 on 3 Energy. Nothing in Black Bolt hits harder for that price.

  3. A strength

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

  4. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  5. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  6. Keep in mind

    It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.

  7. 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

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Black Bolt landed here on 17 July 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 6 June 2025, under the code SV11B. That is 41 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 23 Excadrill cards on one page, priciest first.

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