Black-backed meadow ant

Formica pratensis

Insectstrong against fungi, fish

Uncommon

Swarm

While active with another insect in play, each of its attacks also hits the opposing bench for 10, without knocking them out (20 with two others).

Formica pratensis

In battle

Strong against

Weak against

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

Formica pratensis, the black-backed meadow ant, is a species of European red wood ant in the family Formicidae.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Formica pratensis, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Uncommon.

Where its stats come from115 points, the Uncommon budget

Every Uncommon card has 115 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

How they’re shared out:

Type: Insect: HP 32, ATK 39 and DEF 29 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 4,980 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Size: About 5 mg: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.