Excadrill TK5E 17/30

Name: Excadrill TK5E 17/30
Brand: Pokémon

Printed name: Minotaupe

TK5E

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Excadrill has appeared in several sets: BW trainer Kit (Excadrill) (TK5E 17) and Emerging Powers (EP 56). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

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No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: French. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

BW trainer Kit (Excadrill) landed here on 1 September 2011.

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: 110
Type: Fighting
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -20
Number: 17/30
Set: BW trainer Kit (Excadrill)TK5ESet guide
Illustrated by: 5ban Graphics

Its attacks

Metal ClawGriffe Acier

Drill RunTunnelier

Discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.Défaussez une Énergie attachée au Pokémon Défenseur.

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.

A strength
110 HP, and nothing in BW trainer Kit (Excadrill) goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.
A strength
Metal Claw hits for 30 on 1 Energy. Nothing in BW trainer Kit (Excadrill) hits harder for that price.
Keep in mind
None of the 7,156 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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 7,156 tournament lists we have read, 2,895 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Excadrill TK5E 17/30BW trainer Kit (Excadrill)The one you are looking at
Excadrill TK5E 30/30BW trainer Kit (Excadrill)
Excadrill EP 56/98Emerging PowersRareRare

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.

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.

View all Excadrill cards

Excadrill TK5E 17/30

The market for this printing

When it came out