Rhizopogon alexsmithii

Fungusstrong against amphibians, reptiles

Epic

Mycelium

While active with another fungus in play, it regains 5 HP at the start of your turn (8 with two others).

Rhizopogon alexsmithii

Photo: © Hilary Rose Dawson (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Amphibians
Reptiles

Weak against

Mammals
Insects

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

The species

Rhizopogon alexsmithii is an ectomycorrhizal fungus in the order Boletales. Named in honor of American mycologist Alexander H. Smith, it was described as new to science in 1975 by James Trappe. Alfredo Vizzini and Mirca Zotti transferred it to the genus Rhizopogon in 2010.

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

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

Observations: 20 on iNaturalist

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from145 points, the Epic budget

Every Epic card has 145 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 51
ATK 49
DEF 45

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fungus: HP 36, ATK 34 and DEF 30 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 20 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.