Salem Ornamental Tarantula

Poecilotheria formosa

Arachnidstrong against insects, birds

Epic

Venom

While active with another arachnid in play, its target loses 4 HP at the start of each of its turns, as long as it stays active (7 with two others).

Poecilotheria formosa

Photo: © Pieter Prins (original photo) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Insects
Birds

Weak against

Amphibians
Fish

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

The species

Poecilotheria formosa is a species of tarantula, commonly known as the salem ornamental, beautiful parachute spider, or finely formed parachute spider.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Poecilotheria formosa, 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 15 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 57
ATK 54
DEF 34

How they’re shared out:

Type: Arachnid: HP 45, ATK 40 and DEF 15 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 3 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Size: About 15 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.