Persian Mountain Salamander

Paradactylodon persicus

Amphibianstrong against insects, arachnids

Rare

Toxic skin

While active with another amphibian in play, any card that hits it loses 6 HP, without being knocked out (12 with two others).

Paradactylodon persicus

Photo: 2012 Omid Mozaffari (original photo) · public domain (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Insects
Arachnids

Weak against

Reptiles
Fungi

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

The species

The Persian brook salamander or Persian mountain salamander (Paradactylodon persicus) is an endemic amphibian species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae found in Iran and possibly Azerbaijan.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Persian brook salamander, 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: 57 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 10 g

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from130 points, the Rare budget

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

HP 41
ATK 37
DEF 52

How they’re shared out:

Type: Amphibian: HP 37, ATK 30 and DEF 33 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 57 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.