Strumigenys xenos

Insectstrong against fungi, fish

Rare

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).

Strumigenys xenos

Photo: © Stephen Thorpe (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

Strumigenys xenos is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is a permanent social parasite, which forms no workers and lives in the nests of its host Strumigenys perplexa. It is found in Australia and New Zealand. Its IUCN Red List status was last updated in 01 August 1996, and could be outdated.

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

Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Rare.

Observations: 6 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 5 mg

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from130 points, the Rare budget

Every Rare card has 130 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 34
ATK 43
DEF 53

How they’re shared out:

Type: Insect: HP 32, ATK 39 and DEF 29 out of 100 to start.