Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Drilbur
Temporal Forces · #85 · Common · 2024
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Market reference
$0.12
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 85 / 218
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Excadrill
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Illustrator
- Kariya
- Pokédex #
- 529
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Ability Engine
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Drilbur plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 2% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Drilbur
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 2% of decks
- 3.04 copies on average · 1382 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.3%
- +0.1 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Kariya
This card was illustrated by Kariya.
Building around Drilbur?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It brings its claws together and whirls around at high speed before rushing toward its prey."
Ability: Dig Dig Dig
When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may search your deck for up to 3 Basic Fighting Energy cards and discard them. Then, shuffle your deck.
FCSand Spray — 20
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Drilbur or Temporal Forces.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Drilbur was legal.
2026 Content Creator Showcase
today
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today
SEASAC League Challenge #11 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
today
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
156
ran Drilbur
Tournaments scanned
305
past 30 days
Competitive note
Currently a meta staple.
7 top-cut decks · best finish 1st
Top decks running Drilbur
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/11| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $19.98 | $0.12 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.20 | $19.98 | $0.16 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.03 |
| 7-day average | €0.06 |
| 30-day average | €0.05 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.06 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.08 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.14 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.13 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.07 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Drilbur is real?
Drilbur is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Drilbur worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Drilbur is $0.12; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Drilbur from?
Drilbur is from the Pokémon set "Temporal Forces" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Drilbur?
Drilbur is a Common card in the Temporal Forces set.
Other Drilbur printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
