Strumigenys yaleogyna

Insectstrong against fungi, fish

Rare

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).

Strumigenys yaleogyna

Photo: Philipp Hoenle (original photo) · CC0 (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

Strumigenys yaleogyna is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is a social parasite associated with Strumigenys loriae, a larger ant species that serves as its host. The species has been recorded in the tropical rainforests of Papua New Guinea and was first scientifically described in 1956 by Edward O. Wilson and William L. Brown Jr.

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

Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Rare.

Observations: 1 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 5 mg

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from130 points, the Rare budget

Every Rare card has 130 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 34
ATK 42
DEF 54

How they’re shared out:

Type: Insect: HP 32, ATK 39 and DEF 29 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 1 observation on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Size: About 5 mg: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.