Hoese's Sandgoby

Istigobius hoesei

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).

Istigobius hoesei

Photo: © Lawrence Hylton (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (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

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

Observations: 1,074 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 2.2 g
Diet: Carnivore

iNaturalist

Where its stats come from100 points, the Common budget

Every Common card has 100 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 29
ATK 28
DEF 43

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fish: HP 33, ATK 30 and DEF 37 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 1,074 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Predator: 1 known vertebrate prey: extra ATK.
Size: 2.2 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.