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Sandile
Darkness Pokémon Common Sun & Moon
Card profile
Card year
2017
Feb 3, 2017
Set release
SUM
Sun & Moon · Sun & Moon
Catalog appearances
17
14 sets · 2011-2025
Pokemon debut
Generation V
Unova · 2010
Evolution
Card details
Released
Feb 3, 2017
Year
2017
Series
Sun & Moon
Set size
149 / 173
Card number
#83 of 149
Stage
Basic
National Dex
#551
Artist
Atsuko Nishida
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Screen appearances
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Catalog appearances
Phantasmal Flames
Nov 14, 2025 · #64 · Common
$0.22
Black Bolt
Jul 18, 2025 · #135 · Illustration Rare
$19.93
Black Bolt
Jul 18, 2025 · #57 · Common
$0.20
Scarlet & Violet
Mar 31, 2023 · #216 · Illustration Rare
$6.00
Scarlet & Violet
Mar 31, 2023 · #115 · Common
$0.17
Silver Tempest
Nov 11, 2022 · #111 · Common
$0.19
Vivid Voltage
Nov 13, 2020 · #107 · Common
$0.27
Unbroken Bonds
May 3, 2019 · #113 · Common
$0.69
Unbroken Bonds
May 3, 2019 · #114 · Common
$0.35
Sun & Moon
Feb 3, 2017 · #83 · Common
$0.29
Flashfire
May 7, 2014 · #56 · Common
$0.53
XY
Feb 5, 2014 · #69 · Common
$0.76
Plasma Freeze
May 8, 2013 · #68 · Common
$0.53
Dark Explorers
May 9, 2012 · #64 · Common
$0.88
Emerging Powers
Aug 31, 2011 · #60 · Common
$1.01
McDonald's Collection 2011
Jun 17, 2011 · #8
$8.80
Black & White
Apr 25, 2011 · #63 · Common
$4.77
17 total CardsCloud cards share National Dex #551.
Attacks
Crunch
DDC
30 Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Gnaw
CC
20 Battle stats
Weakness
Fighting ×2
Resistance
Psychic -20
Retreat cost
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Market value
Price history
Flavor text
It submerges itself in sand and moves as if swimming. This wise behavior keeps its enemies from finding it and maintains its temperature.
Legality
Unlimited
Legal
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