Tomi Mouthbrooder

Betta tomi

Fishstrong against mammals, arachnids

Epic

School

While active with another fish in play, a fish on your bench absorbs up to 9 of the damage this card takes, without being knocked out (18 with two others).

Betta tomi

Photo: © Zakqary Roy (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Mammals
Arachnids

Weak against

Birds
Insects

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

The species

Betta tomi is a species of gourami native to the Malaysian Peninsula where it is currently only found in Johor. It previously also occurred in Singapore but has since been extirpated there. It is an inhabitant of shallow streams that are shaded and have plenty of leaf litter and other debris. This species grows to a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) SL.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Betta tomi, 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: 3 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 3.5 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 40
ATK 42
DEF 63

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fish: HP 33, ATK 30 and DEF 37 out of 100 to start.