No. 551 · Unova · Ground/Dark
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Sandile is a Ground/Dark-type Pokémon introduced in Unova, number 551 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2011 to 2025. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 17
- Sets
- 14
- Printed
- 2011–2025
- Illustrators
- 17
- Sightings
- 1
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The strongest Sandile art
01/06Sandile
Illustration rare
02/06Sandile
Illustration rare
03/06Sandile
Common
04/06Sandile
Common
05/06Sandile
Common
06/06Sandile
Common
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Which is the better picture?
Two Sandile cards, side by side.
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Sandile by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Sandile cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Sandile gets drawn
Sandile is usually drawn funny, playful and cute, often burrowing.
Across 17 Sandile artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
2011–2025
Sandile through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
2011 McDonald's Collection 2011
2012 Dark Explorers
2013 Plasma Freeze
2014 Flashfire
2017 Sun & Moon- 2019 Unbroken Bonds
- 2020 Vivid Voltage
- 2022 Silver Tempest
- 2023 Scarlet & Violet
- 2025 Black Bolt
Evolves into
- Sandilethis page · 17 cards
Krokorok15 cards
Sandile sightingsspotted in 1 other card
Cards where Sandile turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Sandile card
17 cards, strongest artwork first.
Sandile in numbers
- Cards
- 17
- Sets
- 14since Black & White
- Illustrators
- 17most by 0313
- Printed
- 2011–2025
- Printed as
- Basic
- Sightings
- 1in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 60–70
They span 14 sets, from Black & White to Phantasmal Flames. 17 illustrators have drawn it, most often 0313, Akira Komayama and Atsuko Nishida.
Who draws Sandile
17 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
14 sets, by how many Sandile cards each holds.
- Black Bolt2
- Scarlet & Violet2
- Unbroken Bonds2
Black & White1
Dark Explorers1
Emerging Powers1
Flashfire1- McDonald's Collection 2011McDonald's Collection 20111
Phantasmal Flames1
Plasma Freeze1
Silver Tempest1
Sun & Moon1
2 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Sandile cards are there?
- There are 17 Sandile cards, printed between 2011 and 2025 across 14 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Sandile card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Sandile art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Sandile cards?
- 17 illustrators have drawn Sandile. 0313 has done the most at 1, followed by Akira Komayama and Atsuko Nishida.
- What was the first Sandile card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Black & White, released in 2011. 14 of its 17 cards are Common.
