pine needle split

Lophodermium pinastri

Fungusstrong against amphibians, reptiles

Common

Mycelium

While active with another fungus in play, it regains 5 HP at the start of your turn (8 with two others).

Lophodermium pinastri

Photo: © Cricket Raspet (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Amphibians
Reptiles

Weak against

Mammals
Insects

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

The species

Lophodermium pinastri is a fungus in the genus Lophodermium. Like most species in the genus, it is an endophyte and saprophyte of pine (Pinus spp.) needles.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Lophodermium pinastri, 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.

Observations: 1,372 on iNaturalist

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Where its stats come from100 points, the Common budget

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

HP 38
ATK 33
DEF 29

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fungus: HP 36, ATK 34 and DEF 30 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 1,372 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.