Golden Poison Dart Frog

Phyllobates terribilis

Amphibianstrong against insects, arachnids

Legendary

Batrachotoxin

When it’s attacked, its attacker loses 15 HP at the start of each of its turns, as long as it stays active.

Phyllobates terribilis

Reconstruction: © Wikapi (original image) · original illustration · 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 golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis), also known as the golden dart frog or golden poison arrow frog, is a poison dart frog endemic to the rainforests of Colombia. The golden poison frog has become endangered due to habitat destruction within its naturally limited range. Despite its small size, this frog is considered to be the most poisonous extant animal species on the planet.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Golden poison frog, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Endangered on the IUCN Red List. One of the 10 Legendary amphibians: that’s what makes this card Legendary.

Observations: 492 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 6.7 g

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Where its stats come from175 points, the Legendary budget

Every Legendary card has 175 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 55
ATK 49
DEF 71

How they’re shared out:

Type: Amphibian: HP 37, ATK 30 and DEF 33 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 492 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Size: 6.7 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.