Réunion Ibis
Threskiornis solitarius
Birdstrong against fish, reptiles
Extinct · Mythic
Counts as two birds: while active, it hits 6 harder on its first attack after entering play (12 with another bird in play).
Threskiornis solitarius
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Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
The Réunion ibis or Réunion sacred ibis (Threskiornis solitarius) is an extinct species of ibis that was endemic to the volcanic island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. The first subfossil remains were found in 1974, and the ibis was first scientifically described in 1987. Its closest relatives are the Malagasy sacred ibis, the African sacred ibis, and the straw-necked ibis. Travellers' accounts from the 17th and 18th centuries described a white bird on Réunion that flew with difficulty and preferred solitude, which was subsequently referred to as the "Réunion solitaire".
In the mid 19th century the old travellers' accounts were incorrectly assumed to refer to white relatives of the dodo. This was assumed because one of the accounts specifically mentioned dodos on the island, and 17th-century paintings of white dodos had recently surfaced. Additionally, both it and the Rodrigues solitaire, an actual dodo relative, were referred to as "solitaires" due to shared habits. However, no fossils referable to dodo-like birds were ever found on Réunion, and it was later questioned whether the paintings had anything to do with the island. Other identities were suggested as well, based only on speculations. In the late 20th century, the discovery of ibis subfossils led to the idea that the old accounts actually referred to an ibis species instead. The idea that the "solitaire" and the subfossil ibis are identical was met with limited dissent, but is now widely accepted.
Abridged excerpt from the Wikipedia article Réunion ibis, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Extinct: that’s what makes this card Mythic.
Every Mythic card has 160 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
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DEF 57