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American Lion
Panthera atrox
Mammalstrong against birds, fungi
Extinct · Mythic
Leader · Pack
Counts as two mammals: while active, it hits 7 harder (14 with another mammal in play).
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Wikapialpha version
American Lion
Panthera atrox
Mammalstrong against birds, fungi
Extinct · Mythic
Counts as two mammals: while active, it hits 7 harder (14 with another mammal in play).
Panthera atrox
Photo: © Ed Bierman from CA, usa (original photo) · CC BY 2.0 (licence text) · cropped
Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
The American lion (Panthera atrox, with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 129,000 to 13,100 years ago. Genetic evidence suggests that its closest living relative is the lion (Panthera leo), with the American lion representing an offshoot from the lineage of the largely Eurasian cave lion (Panthera spelaea), from which it is suggested to have split around 165,000 years ago. Its fossils have been found across North America, from Canada to Mexico. It was about 25% larger than the modern lion, making it one of the largest known felids to ever exist, and a dominant apex predator in North American ecosystems, alongside the sabertooth cats Smilodon and Homotherium. It has been suggested, like modern lions, they were social animals, although this is not known for sure. Unlike modern lions, American lions may have been a diurnal predator.
The American lion became extinct as part of the end-Pleistocene extinction event along with most other large animals across the Americas. The extinctions followed human arrival in the Americas. Proposed factors in its extinction include climatic change reducing viable habitat, as well as human hunting of herbivore prey causing a trophic cascade.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article American lion, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Extinct: that’s what makes this card Mythic.
Every Mythic card has 160 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
DEF 50