Excadrill ex
Excadrill ex can deal direct damage to an opponent's benched Pokémon.
What this card does
Piercing Drill deals 60 damage and hits any benched Pokémon with damage counters.
Rock Tumble is a powerful attack that ignores Resistance, dealing 200 damage.
Rock Tumble
This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance. (200 damage)
Excadrill ex excels in hitting opponents' benched Pokémon hard and fast, making it a key anti-bench strategy card.
Attacks
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.)
This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance.
Which deck it belongs in
Works well in decks focused on bench control or dealing with large HP Pokémon like Tyrantrum.
- •Effective against benched Pokémon
- •High base HP
- •Expensive for Rock Tumble
- •Weak to Grass-type attacks
Use Piercing Drill as a setup move before bringing in Rock Tumble.
Excadrill can drill through solid rock, making it a formidable earth-borer.
This card is great for protecting your own benched Pokémon while dealing significant damage to the opponent's.
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