Chiriquita Shadowdamsel

Palaemnema chiriquita

Insectstrong against fungi, fish

Epic

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).

Palaemnema chiriquita

Photo: © Dennis Paulson (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Fungi
Fish

Weak against

Amphibians
Arachnids

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

The species

Palaemnema chiriquita is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Palaemnema chiriquita, 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: 3 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 500 mg

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from145 points, the Epic budget

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

HP 40
ATK 49
DEF 56

How they’re shared out:

Type: Insect: HP 32, ATK 39 and DEF 29 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 3 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.