Woundfin

Plagopterus argentissimus

Fishstrong against mammals, arachnids

Mythic

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

Plagopterus argentissimus

Photo: © Brian Gratwicke (original photo) · CC BY 2.0 (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 woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae. This fish is endemic to the Virgin River of the southwestern United States. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Plagopterus.

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

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

Observations: 6 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 10 g
Diet: Carnivore

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from160 points, the Mythic budget

Every Mythic card has 160 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 45
ATK 46
DEF 69

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fish: HP 33, ATK 30 and DEF 37 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 6 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Size: 10 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.