Roberts' False Brook Salamander

Pseudoeurycea robertsi

Amphibianstrong against insects, arachnids

Mythic

Leader · Toxic skin

Counts as two amphibians: while active, any card that hits it loses 6 HP, without being knocked out (12 with another amphibian in play).

Pseudoeurycea robertsi

Photo: © Wouter Beukema (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

Pseudoeurycea robertsi is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and only known from the Nevado de Toluca, near Toluca in the State of Mexico. Its common name is Roberts' false brook salamander. The specific name robertsi honors the collector of the holotype, H. Radclyffe Roberts from the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Pseudoeurycea robertsi, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Mythic.

Observations: 10 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 4.6 g

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from160 points, the Mythic budget

Every Mythic card has 160 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 52
ATK 45
DEF 63

How they’re shared out:

Type: Amphibian: HP 37, ATK 30 and DEF 33 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 10 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Size: 4.6 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.