Hump Back Araneid Spider

Eriovixia excelsa

Arachnidstrong against insects, birds

Common

Venom

While active with another arachnid in play, its target loses 4 HP at the start of each of its turns, as long as it stays active (7 with two others).

Eriovixia excelsa

Photo: © Sunčana Bradley (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Insects
Birds

Weak against

Amphibians
Fish

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

The species

Eriovixia excelsa is a species of orb-weaver spider in the genus Eriovixia. It is widely distributed across Asia and has been introduced to southern Africa.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Eriovixia excelsa, 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: 2,201 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 300 mg

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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 42
ATK 32
DEF 26

How they’re shared out:

Type: Arachnid: HP 45, ATK 40 and DEF 15 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 2,201 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.