Sandile Card Collection: Your 🦁 Safari Animals Binder Checklist
Discover the best Sandile Pokémon cards to collect. Cute picks, rare finds, set history, and binder layout tips in one guide.
2024-11-12
Popularity Rank: #349
Fan survey data
Blended rank from two r/pokemon "favourite Pokémon" surveys, weighted 60/40 toward the 2025 results (u/Jawnysparklez; u/mamamia1001 2019).
2025 survey: #288
2019 survey: #496
#349 / 1025
Pokédex details
National Dex
#0551
Height
0.7 m
Weight
15.2 kg
Capture rate
180 / 255
Generation
Gen V
Gender ratio
50% male, 50% female
Hatch steps
5,100 steps
Base happiness
70
Growth rate
Medium Slow
Color
Brown
Habitat
—
Shape
Quadruped
What makes Sandile so likeable
The elevator pitch for Sandile: cute, recognizable, and worth a binder slot.
- From its Bulbapedia summary: it evolves into Krokorok starting at level 29, which evolves into Krookodile starting at level 40.
- Cheerful personality in-game — Sandile feels upbeat even before you pick a favourite card.
- A staple in our 🦁 Safari Animals crowd — Sandile is one of those picks collectors nod at immediately.
Pokémon TCG cards
Recent cards featuring Sandile from the Trading Card Game, newest first.
Phantasmal Flames
Common
Mega Rising
One Diamond
Black Bolt
Illustration rare
Black Bolt
Common
Extradimensional Crisis
One Diamond
Scarlet & Violet
Illustration rare
Scarlet & Violet
Common
Silver Tempest
Common
Vivid Voltage
Common
Unbroken Bonds
Common
Unbroken Bonds
Common
Sun & Moon
Common
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Laying out a Sandile page that photographs well
A workable spread formula for Sandile — scene print, anchor card, supporting cast — without overthinking supplies.
Cards to anchor your spread
TCG picks for collectors — pair these with a printed scene below.
Sandile #113 (Unbroken Bonds) by Yuka Morii is essential — her signature clay-art style gives Sandile an irresistibly handcrafted charm.
Sandile #83 (Sun & Moon) is a promo worth chasing — alternate art that stands out on any Sandile binder page.
Sandile #64 (Phantasmal Flames) is a solid binder pick — easy to find and always looks great in a spread.
Species art references
Character renders for colour matching, pose ideas, and silhouette checks.
Official artwork
Match card holo colours and keep the species silhouette consistent across pockets.
HOME render
Modern pose reference when you want a cleaner, upright character layout.
Dream World vector
Simple line-and-fill shape — handy for tracing pocket placement before you print.
Shiny palette
Alternate colourway for accent pockets or shiny-themed spreads.
Art via PokéAPI/sprites (open source).
Sandile mini binder spread
A seeded two-page 3×3 binder mockup using Sandile chase cards and Michi Method scene art for display planning.
Left page
Unbroken Bonds
Common
Sun & Moon
Common
Phantasmal Flames
Common
Mega Rising
One Diamond
Black Bolt
Illustration rare
Black Bolt
Common
Extradimensional Crisis
One Diamond
Right page
Scarlet & Violet
Illustration rare
Scarlet & Violet
Common
Silver Tempest
Common
Vivid Voltage
Common
Unbroken Bonds
Common
Flashfire
Common
XY
Common
Plasma Freeze
Common
Dark Explorers
Common
Start with a background that echoes Sandile's ground and dark, then place your chase holo in the top-left anchor slot. Secondary copies can step down in rarity toward the edges so the spread breathes in photos.
Michi Method scene examples
Illustration picks when dedicated scene art is not cached yet — card frames may still show.
Scene wallpaper — Sandile
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Sandile
Find more scene art
Curated galleries and search links — we do not hotlink Pinterest or ArtStation results.
Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Additional tips
- Sandile's cheerful base temperament invites playful sticker sleeves or washi — don't force a grimdark layout unless the art demands it.
- Keep a "swap tray" of mid-value Sandile duplicates beside the binder — trades move faster when the page is already curated.
- Lead with your strongest Sandile single, then echo it with a secondary spread featuring Krokorok, Krookodile, and Blitzle so the page reads as a story, not a checklist.
- Hunt bilingual or alt-language copies when Sandile lettering or embossing outshines the English print — especially if you trade with collectors who search native names.
Abilities, moves & metagame notes
Optional competitive context for Sandile. Display collectors can skip straight to the backstory below.
Base stats
In-game numbers for Sandile — useful context beside abilities and moves.
HP
50
Attack
72
Defense
35
Sp. Atk
35
Sp. Def
35
Speed
65
Total: 292
Players file Sandile around tier "LC" while Ability Intimidate (Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.) shapes the fantasy — chase art that stages that payoff, not just the highest number on the slab.
- Ground/Dark typings invite clash lighting or split backgrounds — lean into that tension on-page.
- Hidden Ability Anger Point is the deep-cut hunt — call it out when you sell or trade so buyers know you are curating, not flipping random holos.
3D battle sprites
Animated Showdown-style models for Sandile — normal and shiny.
Sprites via Project Pokémon. Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Backstory & Lore
A short write-up on Sandile, weaving together Pokédex notes, species lore, and evolution context.
They live buried in the sands of the desert. The sun-warmed sands prevent their body temperature from dropping.
It moves along below the sand’s surface, except for its nose and eyes. A dark membrane shields its eyes from the sun.
They live hidden under hot desert sands in order to keep their body temperature from dropping.
A second dex beat (X) frames Sandile as one that moves along below the sand’s surface, except for its nose and eyes.. Rotating that line on a sticky note beside the page keeps the spread feeling lived-in.
Sandile shows up in White lore as one that moves along below the sand’s surface, except for its nose and eyes.. When you shop for cards, look for illustrations that lean into that mood instead of generic portrait poses.
Name in other languages
Common localized names collectors may search for.
German
Ganovil
Spanish
Sandile
French
Mascaïman
Italian
Sandile
Japanese
メグロコ
Japanese (Romaji)
Meguroco
Korean
깜눈크
Chinese (Simplified)
黑眼鳄
Chinese (Traditional)
黑眼鱷
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