Seal Salamander

Desmognathus monticola

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).

Desmognathus monticola

In battle

Strong against

Weak against

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

The seal salamander (Desmognathus monticola) is a species of lungless salamander that is endemic to the Eastern United States.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Seal 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.

Where its stats come from100 points, the Common budget

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

How they’re shared out:

Type: Amphibian: HP 37, ATK 30 and DEF 33 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 7,333 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Size: 8.2 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.