Horrid Ground-weaver

Nothophantes horridus

Arachnidstrong against insects, birds

Mythic

Leader · Venom

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

Nothophantes horridus

Photo: © John Walters (original photo) · CC BY-SA 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

Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Mythic.

Observations: 2 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 2 mg

Wikipedia (French) iNaturalist

Where its stats come from160 points, the Mythic budget

Every Mythic card has 160 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 60
ATK 54
DEF 46

How they’re shared out:

Type: Arachnid: HP 45, ATK 40 and DEF 15 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 2 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Size: About 2 mg: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.