Sandile (Dark Explorers 64)

Sandile  
メグロコ Meguroco
Darkness
SandileDarkExplorers64.jpg
Illus. Hajime Kusajima
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Sandile
Type Darkness
HP 70
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
Psychic-20
retreat cost
  
Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 113/BW-P
English expansion Dark Explorers
Rarity Common
English card no. 64/108
Japanese expansion Dark Rush
Japanese rarity C
Japanese card no. 045/069
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Sandile.

Sandile (Japanese: メグロコ Meguroco) is a Darkness-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as one of the BW-P Promotional cards, later included in the English Dark Explorers expansion.

Card text

Colorless
Sand Dive
すなもぐり
Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks during your opponent's next turn.
DarknessColorlessColorless
Corkscrew Punch
どつく
40

Pokédex data

551
2'04" (0.7 m)
33.5 lbs. (15.2 kg)
Pokédex entry
They live buried in the sands of the desert. The sun-warmed sands prevent their body temperature from dropping.
砂漠の 砂の 中で 生活。 太陽に 暖められた 砂が 体温の 低下を 防ぐのだ。

Release information

In Japan, this card was first released as one of the BW-P Promotional cards, and was awarded to participants of the Victory Cup events held over the course of Battle Carnival 2011. The Battle Carnival took place at the Mydome Osaka, Osaka on November 5 and 6, 2012, and at Sunshine City, Tokyo on November 19 and 20, 2012. It was subsequently released in the Japanese Dark Rush expansion. The English release was in the Dark Explorers expansion.

Trivia

Origin

Corkscrew Punch is an attack that first appeared on Machop from Expansion Sheet 2. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Black. Twist Mountain is featured in the illustration.


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