Black-breasted Puffleg

Eriocnemis nigrivestis

Birdstrong against fish, reptiles

Epic

Swoop

While active with another bird in play, it hits 6 harder on its first attack after entering play (12 with two others).

Eriocnemis nigrivestis

Photo: © Frank Dietze (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Fish
Reptiles

Weak against

Mammals
Arachnids

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

The species

The black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis), known as zamarrito pechinegro in Spanish, is a species of hummingbird native to Ecuador. It is Endangered, with an estimated 100–150 individuals remaining in the wild.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Black-breasted puffleg, 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: 38 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 8.5 g

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from145 points, the Epic budget

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

HP 38
ATK 45
DEF 62

How they’re shared out:

Type: Bird: HP 33, ATK 31 and DEF 36 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 38 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Size: 8.5 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.