Helastia corcularia

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).

Helastia corcularia

Photo: © Jon Sullivan (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Fungi
Fish

Weak against

Amphibians
Arachnids

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

The species

Helastia corcularia is a moth of the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found only in the South Island and the Chatham Islands. It inhabits a wide variety of habitats including native forest and scrubland, gardens, parks, subalpine and coastal areas. Larvae feed on herbs, lichen and moss. The adults of the species are on the wing from September until May and are nocturnal and attracted to light. H. corcularia is considered an orchard and pack house contaminant.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Helastia corcularia, 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: 1,666 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 30 mg

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from100 points, the Common budget

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

HP 29
ATK 31
DEF 40

How they’re shared out:

Type: Insect: HP 32, ATK 39 and DEF 29 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 1,666 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Size: About 30 mg: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.