How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PBL 65/84 there. Its illustration is signed Keisuke Azuma.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Pitch Black set, released here on 17 July 2026.

Pitch Black

Mega Excadrill ex PBL 65/84

PBLKODouble rare

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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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 65/84 there. Its illustration is signed Keisuke Azuma.
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: 340
Type: Metal
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 4
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Regulation mark: J
Number: 65/84
Set: Pitch BlackPBLSet guide
Illustrated by: Keisuke Azuma

The Korean text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

Its attacks

Undermine

Discard the top 2 cards of your opponent's deck.

Maximum Drilling

200+

If this Pokémon has at least 2 extra Energy attached (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 130 more damage.

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
340 HP. Only 3 cards in Pitch Black carry more.
A strength
Mega Excadrill ex runs it in 56 of the 56 lists we have read, seen across 47 different tournaments.
A strength
Mark J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 4. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
It is a Mega Evolution ex, and that is the most expensive rule in the game. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 3 Prizes instead of one. They need six to win, so 2 knockouts on this card are enough. Send it out knowing that.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 1,244 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
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Mega Excadrill ex	56 of 56	47	PBL 65
Steven's Metagross ex	31 of 64	31	PBL 65
Metagross	14 of 45	13	PBL 65
Archaludon ex	1 of 30	1	PBL 65

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.

See every Excadrill card and its price