Lateral-lined Water Beetle

Tropisternus lateralis

Insectstrong against fungi, fish

Common

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).

Tropisternus lateralis

In battle

Strong against

Weak against

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

Tropisternus lateralis is a species of hydrophilid beetle that ranges across much of the Americas.

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

No global status on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Common.

Where its stats come from100 points, the Common budget

Every Common card has 100 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

How they’re shared out:

Type: Insect: HP 32, ATK 39 and DEF 29 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 3,480 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Size: About 100 mg: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.