Pemba Scops-Owl

Otus pembaensis

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).

Otus pembaensis

Photo: © Mikael Bauer (original photo) · CC BY 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 Pemba scops owl (Otus pembaensis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to Pemba Island which is part of and off the coast of Tanzania.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Pemba scops owl, 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: 22 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 67 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 36
ATK 40
DEF 54

How they’re shared out:

Type: Bird: HP 33, ATK 31 and DEF 36 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 22 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Size: 67 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.