Blue Ground Beetle
Carabus intricatus
Insectstrong against fungi, fish
Uncommon
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).
Carabus intricatus
Photo: iNaturalist (original photo) · CC0 (licence text) · cropped
Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
Carabus intricatus, the blue ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle found in Europe.
It is a large beetle (24–35 millimetres or 0.9–1.4 inches in length), with a metallic purple or blue and roughly surfaced elytra; the second pair of wings (which are used by beetles for flying) under the elytra are reduced. In Britain it was only recorded three times in the twenty years up to 1993 and was considered extinct there. But in 1994 it was found in a couple of places near Dartmoor.
Carabus intricatus are nocturnal carnivores that are mainly active in the spring and early summer. Tests have shown they prefer slugs from the genus Limax, especially Limax marginatus. They were also found to have a taste for liver, dog food, and crabsticks.
In the wild, the adults are found under bark on dead wood, and under rocks. It does not require ground vegetation, and likes damp, rotten, moss-covered wood.
The beetles seem to be active throughout the year and a fully-grown larva has been found in summer. This specimen also ate slugs prior to pupating, and emerged as an adult some three weeks later. It is thought that it may take two years to complete its life cycle. The adults are very long-lived.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Carabus intricatus, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Uncommon.
Every Uncommon card has 115 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
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DEF 43