Pallid Cuckoo

Heteroscenes pallidus

Birdstrong against fish, reptiles

Common

Swoop

While active with another bird in play, it hits 6 harder on its first attack after entering play (12 with two others).

Heteroscenes pallidus

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.

Least Concern 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: Bird: HP 33, ATK 31 and DEF 36 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 1,150 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Size: 88 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.