Tropical Shutwing

Cordulephya bidens

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).

Cordulephya bidens

Photo: © Matt B (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (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

Cordulephya bidens is a species of dragonfly in the family Austrocorduliidae,

commonly known as the tropical shutwing.

It inhabits rainforest streams in northern Queensland, Australia.

Cordulephya bidens is a small to tiny, black or purplish-black dragonfly with yellowish markings. It rests with its wings folded above its body, similar to a damselfly.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Cordulephya bidens, 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: 50 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 500 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 35
ATK 44
DEF 51

How they’re shared out:

Type: Insect: HP 32, ATK 39 and DEF 29 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 50 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Size: About 500 mg: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.