Monterrey Platyfish

Xiphophorus couchianus

Fishstrong against mammals, arachnids

Mythic

Leader · School

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).

Xiphophorus couchianus

Photo: © Marfrubio (original photo) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (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 Monterrey platyfish (Xiphophorus couchianus) is a species of freshwater fish in family Poecilidae. A live-bearer, it was native to a very small section of the San Juan River system (itself part of the Rio Grande basin) in the vicinity of the city of Monterrey, Mexico.

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

Extinct in the Wild: that’s what makes this card Mythic.

Observations: 2 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 640 mg

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from160 points, the Mythic budget

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

HP 44
ATK 42
DEF 74

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fish: HP 33, ATK 30 and DEF 37 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 2 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.