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Drilbur
McDonald's Collection 2012 8/12
- Set
- McDonald's Collection 2012
- Number
- 8/12
- Released
- 2012
- Energy type
- fighting energy
- Market price
- $5.33
- Artist
- match
What it does
During your next turn, each of this Pokémon's attacks does 30 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
It can dig through the ground at a speed of 30 mph. It could give a car running aboveground a good race.
Where you can play it
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Where it came from
The 2012 McDonald's Pokémon collection was released as a promotional tie-in, distributed alongside Happy Meals in North America and other regions. This specific campaign featured a subset of twelve cards, each representing a Pokémon from the Generation V titles, Pokémon Black and White. The cards were designed to encourage younger players to engage with the Pokémon Trading Card Game, often featuring simplified card layouts or reprints of existing artwork to make them accessible to a broad audience.
The Drilbur card, numbered 8/12, utilizes the Ground-type mechanics characteristic of the species within the trading card game. Like others in the promotional set, the card features artwork that emphasizes the creature's excavation capabilities, consistent with its design as a Mole Pokémon. While these promotional cards are often viewed as entry-level collectibles due to their mass-market distribution, they remain a significant snapshot of the marketing synergy between The Pokémon Company and major food retailers during the early 2010s.
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