Gensan Salamander

Hynobius leechii

Amphibianstrong against insects, arachnids

Common

Toxic skin

While active with another amphibian in play, any card that hits it loses 6 HP, without being knocked out (12 with two others).

Hynobius leechii

Photo: © Kim, Hyun-tae (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · 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 Korean salamander (Hynobius leechii), also known as the Gensan salamander or the Northeastern China hynobiid salamander, is a species of salamander belonging to the family Hynobiidae, the Asiatic salamanders. This salamander is found in northeastern Asia in the Korean Peninsula and adjacent parts of China and, possibly, the Russian Far East.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Korean salamander, 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: 2,197 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 7.7 g

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from100 points, the Common budget

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

HP 34
ATK 28
DEF 38

How they’re shared out:

Type: Amphibian: HP 37, ATK 30 and DEF 33 out of 100 to start.