Spikedace

Meda fulgida

Fishstrong against mammals, arachnids

Epic

School

While active with another fish in play, a fish on your bench absorbs up to 9 of the damage this card takes, without being knocked out (18 with two others).

Meda fulgida

Photo: © Tom Kennedy (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Mammals
Arachnids

Weak against

Birds
Insects

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

The species

The spikedace (Meda fulgida) is an endangered species of ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae. It is found in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. It lives in fast-moving streams.

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

Endangered on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Epic.

Observations: 40 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 2.6 g

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from145 points, the Epic budget

Every Epic card has 145 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 41
ATK 40
DEF 64

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fish: HP 33, ATK 30 and DEF 37 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 40 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Size: 2.6 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.