Join our Discord and vote for our logo18 designs, voting closes Monday midnightJoin Discord
Pokémon Parents Oceania
Cards/Mega Excadrill ex
Mega Excadrill ex card from the Pitch Black set
Illustration by Keisuke Azuma. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Stage 1 Pokémon ex

Mega Excadrill ex

A heavy hitting Metal type that disrupts the opponent's resources while dealing massive damage.

Metal340 HPStage 1Intermediate to play

What this card does

It uses Undermine to discard two cards from your opponent's deck, removing their future options.

It attacks with Maximum Drilling for 200 or more damage, gaining an extra 130 damage if it has two bonus Energy attached.

Signature attack

Maximum Drilling

If this Pokémon has at least 2 extra Energy attached (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 130 more damage. (200+ damage)

This card offers a powerful choice between disruption and raw power. You can weaken your opponent's hand by discarding their deck top, or unleash a devastating blow that deals over 300 damage when fully powered up.

Attacks

MM
Undermine90

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

MMM
Maximum Drilling200+

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

Which deck it belongs in

It suits aggressive Metal decks focused on dealing quick damage. It works well in strategies that can easily attach multiple Energy cards to its cost.

Strengths
  • •High damage output
  • •Deck disruption
  • •Double rare rarity
Watch out for
  • •Vulnerable to Fire attacks
  • •Requires three Energy for big hits
  • •Loses two prizes if knocked out
Pro tip

Attach extra Metal Energy to Maximum Drilling to ensure it can knock out most other Pokémon in a single hit.

From the Pokédex

Excadrill digs underground at high speeds to find and eat iron-rich soil.

Note for the parent

Remember that because it is an ex card, knocking this one out gives your child's opponent two prize cards instead of just one.

Free, for parents

Join our parents' Discord

Swap tips, lifts to events, deck help and encouragement with other parents across Oceania. It is a parents-led community, so children take part through a parent.

Parents-led and moderated. See how we keep it safe.

Find us on Instagram

@pokeparentsoce

Photos from events, cards worth knowing about, and the odd win worth shouting about. Come and say hello.