Red-faced Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus

Birdstrong against fish, reptiles

Rare

Swoop

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

Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus

Photo: © Steve Garvie (original photo) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Fish
Reptiles

Weak against

Mammals
Arachnids

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

The species

The red-faced malkoha (Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. This malkoha species is endemic to Sri Lanka

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Red-faced malkoha, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Rare.

Observations: 111 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 92 g

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from130 points, the Rare budget

Every Rare card has 130 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 35
ATK 44
DEF 51

How they’re shared out:

Type: Bird: HP 33, ATK 31 and DEF 36 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 111 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Size