Contracted Darkling Beetle

Meracantha contracta

Insectstrong against fungi, fish

Common

Swarm

While active with another insect in play, each of its attacks also hits the opposing bench for 10, without knocking them out (20 with two others).

Meracantha contracta

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.

Meracantha contracta is a species of darkling beetle found in North America.

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

No global status 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: Insect: HP 32, ATK 39 and DEF 29 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 1,550 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Size: About 100 mg: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.