Red Handfish

Thymichthys politus

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).

Thymichthys politus

Photo: © CSIRO (original photo) · CC BY 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 red handfish (Thymichthys politus) is a species of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Brachionichthyidae, the handfishes. Like all members of the handfish family, this fish is endemic to Australia. The IUCN classify the red handfish as critically endangered.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Red handfish, 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: 20 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 7.3 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 46
ATK 46
DEF 68

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fish: HP 33, ATK 30 and DEF 37 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 20 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.