Alagoas Foliage-gleaner

Philydor novaesi

Birdstrong against fish, reptiles

Extinct · Mythic

Leader · Swoop

Counts as two birds: while active, it hits 6 harder on its first attack after entering play (12 with another bird in play).

Philydor novaesi

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

In battle

Strong against

Fish
Reptiles

Weak against

Mammals
Arachnids

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

The species

The Alagoas foliage-gleaner (Philydor novaesi) is an extinct passerine bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It was endemic to Brazil.

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

Extinct: that’s what makes this card Mythic.

Observations: 1 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 38 g

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from160 points, the Mythic budget

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

HP 43
ATK 53
DEF 64

How they’re shared out:

Type: Bird: HP 33, ATK 31 and DEF 36 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 1 observation on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Size: 38 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.