Southern Gatekeeper

Pyronia cecilia

Insectstrong against fungi, fish

Common

Swarm

While active with another insect in play, each of its attacks also hits the opposing bench for 10, without knocking them out (20 with two others).

Pyronia cecilia

Photo: © Joey Bom (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Fungi
Fish

Weak against

Amphibians
Arachnids

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

The species

Pyronia cecilia, the southern gatekeeper, is a butterfly of Southern Europe and North Africa. It is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.

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

No global status on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Common.

Observations: 7,442 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 250 mg
Diet: Herbivore

What it eats (GloBI)

Field Eryngo
Red Valerian
Rough Star-thistle
Slender False Brome
Atractylis humilis
Brachypodium phoenicoides
and 10 more

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from100 points, the Common budget

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

HP 39
ATK 23
DEF 38

How they’re shared out:

Type: Herbivorous insect: HP 44, ATK 27 and DEF 29 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 7,442 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Size: About 250 mg: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.