Antillean Cave Rail

Nesotrochis debooyi

Birdstrong against fish, reptiles

Extinct · Mythic

Leader · Swoop

Counts as two birds: while active, it hits 6 harder on its first attack after entering play (12 with another bird in play).

Nesotrochis debooyi

Reconstruction: © Wikapi (original image) · original illustration · 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 Antillean cave rail (Nesotrochis debooyi), also known as DeBooy's rail, is an extinct species of flightless bird which occurred on Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Antillean cave rail, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Extinct: that’s what makes this card Mythic.

Observations: 0 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 171 g

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from160 points, the Mythic budget

Every Mythic card has 160 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 43
ATK 55
DEF 62

How they’re shared out:

Type: Bird: HP 33, ATK 31 and DEF 36 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 0 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Size