Sohal Surgeonfish

Acanthurus sohal

Fishstrong against mammals, arachnids

Common

School

While active with another fish in play, a fish on your bench absorbs up to 9 of the damage this card takes, without being knocked out (18 with two others).

Acanthurus sohal

Photo: © Stan Shebs (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 sohal surgeonfish (Acanthurus sohal) or sohal tang, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes, and tangs. This fish is found in the northwestern Indian Ocean.

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

Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Common.

Observations: 1,736 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 640 g

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Where its stats come from100 points, the Common budget

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

HP 31
ATK 32
DEF 37

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fish: HP 33, ATK 30 and DEF 37 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 1,736 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Size: 640 g: big animals hit hard, extra ATK.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.