TRADING CARD HANDBOOK GUiDE Steven Hackenburg inc.

TRADING CARD HANDBOOK GUiDE

Steven Hackenburg inc.

SO YOU WANT TO BE A MASTER?!?

• In this card game you will battle using animals ( cards not real c’mon)

• To win you have to have the right animal best fit for the environment you are battling in, this guide will help you to understand how some of the animals work.

• Some animals are better for attacking while some are better at scouting or defending. This guide will help you know which animal is best at.

FOSSA: Mammals

• Cryptoprocta ferox or fossa is the biggest mammal in the forested parts of Madagascar.

• This card is extremely rare because fossa’s are endangered

• Fossas are related to mongooses and not felines.

Amphibians: mud puppy• Mud puppies, the dogs that don’t

bark:Necturus maculosus• Mud puppies reside in the

bottoms of lakes, streamponds, and rivers.

• They are harmless salamanders• They have a bark that sounds like

a squeaky dog bark. • They love mud and dirt and only

live at the bottom of the water.• Have red external gills

Hammerhead/ Chondricthyes• Sphyrna zygaena or smooth hammer

head. • This card is one of the best for

attacking and people fear it• The live in tropical waters worldwide.• There wide head gives them a wider

range of vision• Size: 13 to 20 ft (4 to 6 m)• Did you know? Hammerheads use

their wide heads to attack stingrays, pinning the winged fish against the sea floor.

• Average lifespan in the wild: 20 to 30 years

Ravens: Corvus corax (Northern Raven); Aves

-Birds are the best card in order to scout the field.

-Weight: 2.3 lbs (1.3 kg)

-northern Europe, the British Isles, Greenland (mainly coastal areas), Iceland, northern Scandinavia, east through central Asia to the Pacific Ocean and south to the Himalayas and northwestern India, Iranian region and near east, northwestern Africa and the Canary Islands, and North and Central America as far south as Nicaragua.

-They like to play tricks on dogs and cats.-Did you know? According to legend, if the

ravens leave the Tower of London, the fortress and the British kingdom will fall.

Osteichthyes; rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss

• The best animal for underwater scouting .

• The rainbow trout is native only to the rivers and lakes of North America, west of the Rocky Mountains

• Did you know? The largest rainbow trout on record weighed 57 pounds (25.8 kilograms) and was estimated to be 11 years old.

• Size: 20 to 30 in (51 to 76 cm)• You will not find a rainbow trout

at the end of the rainbow.

Saltwater crocodile ( reptilia)Crocodylus porosus

• Crocodiles are the best at attacking under water ( in the game)

• Average lifespan in the wild: 70 years• Weight: 1,000 lbs (450 kg)!!!• Group name: Bask (on land) or float

(in water)• Saltwater crocs, or "salties," as

Australians know them, have an enormous range, populating the brackish and freshwater regions of eastern India, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.

Sea Lamprey (agnatha)Petromyzon marinus

• Live in many oceans and lakes around the world

• (also really good at underwater attacks against other water creatures.)

• Length: 12 to 20 inches • Weight: 8 to 13 ounces • Common Names: great sea

lamprey tooth-filled mouth

Works cited• "Agnathans." 13 Mar. 2009 <http://www.cyhaus.com/marine/agnatha.htm>. • "Amphibians." 13 Mar. 2009 <

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians.html>. • "Aves." 13 Mar. 2009

<http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Aves.html>. • "Chondrichthyes." 13 Mar. 2009 <http://www.cyhaus.com/marine/sharks.htm>. • "Mammals." 13 Mar. 09

<http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals.html>. • "Reptiles." 13 Mar. 2009

<http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles.html>. • 13 Mar. 2009

<http://www.fernbank.edu/stt/VertBio/pages/Osteichthyes/osteichthyes.htm>.