North Island Giant Moa
Dinornis novaezealandiae
Birdstrong against fish, reptiles
Extinct · Mythic
Counts as two birds: while active, it hits 6 harder on its first attack after entering play (12 with another bird in play).
Dinornis novaezealandiae
Photo: Daderot (original photo) · CC0 (licence text) · cropped
Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
The North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) is an extinct moa in the genus Dinornis, known in Māori as kuranui. It was a large, herbivorous bird belonging to the order Dinornithiformes, and exhibited a strong sexual dimorphism, with males weighing between 55 and 88 kg and females between 78 and 249 kg. It was one of the tallest birds ever to exist, able to stretch its head to approximately 3 metres.
Dinornis novaezealandiae inhabited the North Island of New Zealand, living in lowland habitats like shrublands, grasslands and forests, fulfilling a role as one of the largest terrestrial herbivores in New Zealand's ecosystem. It is believed to have been primarily herbivorous, although consumption of fungi has also been proposed. They laid large, fragile eggs which were incubated by the males, although the exact method is unknown.
Along with much of the other native fauna, Dinornis novaezealandiae disappeared from New Zealand around the 15th century, roughly 200 years after the Māori first arrived on the islands. It is thought that a number of factors contributed to their extinction, the most notable being overhunting.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article North Island giant moa, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Extinct: that’s what makes this card Mythic.
Every Mythic card has 160 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
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DEF 49