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Heyo!

It’s your favorite Excadrill enthusiast and we are continuing the discussion from last week’s thread

Here is the updated list based on all the feedback that was received:

Pokémon: 7
3 Drilbur PBL 46
2 Metagross CRI 61
1 Mega Skarmory ex POR 55
2 Genesect ex BLK 67
2 Mega Excadrill ex PBL 65
4 Beldum TEF 113
4 Metang TEF 114

Trainer: 16
1 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TWM 223
1 Precious Trolley SSP 185
1 Philippe CRI 79
4 Team Rocket's Petrel DRI 176
1 Energy Recycler POR 108
2 Battle Cage PFL 85
2 Pokégear 3.0 SVI 186
1 Special Red Card CRI 82
1 Jumbo Ice Cream PFL 91
1 Colress's Tenacity SFA 57
4 Team Rocket's Transceiver DRI 178
2 Kieran TWM 154
1 Brave Bangle WHT 80
1 Ultra Ball MEG 131
1 Air Balloon ASC 181
2 Boss's Orders MEG 114

Energy: 1
16 Basic {M} Energy MEE 8

Notes

Adding skarmory was a great move. It’s a perfect option for taking care of meowth, fez, etc for easy 2 prizes.

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I’m not liking battle cage. We move fast enough with excadrill that Dragapult isn’t too much trouble for us and the easy 90 for milling 2 on a draklok makes them tear up.

Potential replacements are Team Rocket’s watch tower or factory

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We are probably going back up to two jumbo ice cream.

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16 energy feels right but we could maybe get away with 15. I was opening a lot of energy.

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Brave bangle is probably going to come out.

For this I’m thinking we add a little recursion like night stretcher. I don’t have a lot of recursion as is. This would also allow us to go down to one metagross. However bangle paired with Kieran is quite good.

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Phillipe is nuts late game but colress was not a game changer for me.

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We struggle with festival lead. I thought about Ethan’s skarmory to resolve this.

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Posted Aug 12, 2026, 2:13 PM UTC

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