Hickory Nut Gorge Green Salamander

Aneides caryaensis

Amphibianstrong against insects, arachnids

Mythic

Leader · Toxic skin

Counts as two amphibians: while active, any card that hits it loses 6 HP, without being knocked out (12 with another amphibian in play).

Aneides caryaensis

Photo: © Matt Felperin (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Insects
Arachnids

Weak against

Reptiles
Fungi

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

The species

The Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander (Aneides caryaensis) is a species of lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the Hickory Nut Gorge in the state of North Carolina in the United States.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander, 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: 97 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 11 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 47
ATK 50
DEF 63

How they’re shared out:

Type: Amphibian: HP 37, ATK 30 and DEF 33 out of 100 to start.