Scrawled Filefish

Aluterus scriptus

Fishstrong against mammals, arachnids

Common

School

While active with another fish in play, a fish on your bench absorbs up to 9 of the damage this card takes, without being knocked out (18 with two others).

Aluterus scriptus

Photo: Andrew Deacon (original photo) · CC0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Mammals
Arachnids

Weak against

Birds
Insects

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

The species

Aluterus scriptus, commonly known as scrawled filefish, broomtail filefish or scribbled leatherjacket, is a marine fish belonging to the family Monacanthidae.

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

Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Common.

Observations: 4,209 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 1.7 kg
Diet: Carnivore

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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 31
ATK 35
DEF 34

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fish: HP 33, ATK 30 and DEF 37 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 4,209 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.