FROM THE WORLDWIDE REGISTER
Merlin
UNCOMMON · 2 RECORDED WORLDWIDE
"A compact falcon perched and patient, waiting for smaller birds to make their mistake."
First recorded by Avaiger, August 30, 2026.
SPECIMENS ON FILE
2 plates on file. Every one is a player's photograph.
FIELD GUIDE
Glass Cannon
Maximum offense and speed on paper-thin bulk. Strike first or fall.
STAT TOTAL 300 · UNCOMMON BUDGET 300
| LEVEL | MOVE | TYPE | CLASS | POWER | ACCURACY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | Bump | NEUTRAL | physical | 40 | 100% |
| An artless full-body shove. Everyone starts somewhere. | |||||
| L1 | Hard Stare | NEUTRAL | status | · | 100% |
| A withering look that saps the target's will to fight. · Lowers the foe's Attack | |||||
| L2 | Feather Attack | AVIAN | physical | 60 | 100% |
| A wing swung edge-on. | |||||
| L3 | Talon Rake | BEAST | physical | 65 | 100% |
| Raking claws, a ground-hunter’s trick used from above. | |||||
| L12 | Preen | AVIAN | status | · | 100% |
| Sets every feather exactly right, steeling composure. Raises Sp. Def. · Raises the user's Sp. Def | |||||
| L17 | Scowl | NEUTRAL | status | · | 90% |
| A look so grim the target forgets to hurry. Speed harshly falls. · Lowers sharply the foe's Speed | |||||
| L21 | Tailwind | AVIAN | status | · | 100% |
| Finds the wind at its back. Speed sharply rises. · Raises sharply the user's Speed | |||||
| L24 | Reckless Charge | NEUTRAL | physical | 90 | 85% |
| A headlong crash that hurts the user too. · 25% recoil | |||||
| L27 | Deep Breath | NEUTRAL | status | · | 100% |
| A centering pause that sharpens the mind. Raises Sp. Atk. · Raises the user's Sp. Atk | |||||
| L30 | Draw a Blank | AVIAN | status | · | 100% |
| Forgets what fear was for. Sp. Def sharply rises. · Raises sharply the user's Sp. Def | |||||
| L33 | Sky Knives | NEUTRAL | status | · | 100% |
| A whirling display of edges. Attack sharply rises. · Raises sharply the user's Attack | |||||
| L35 | ESP | AVIAN | special | 90 | 100% |
| A crushing exertion of pure mind. May shake resolve. · 10% chance to lower the foe's Sp. Def | |||||
| L38 | Dynamo Cannon | AVIAN | special | 100 | 50% |
| A slow, howling sphere of charge. Paralyzes whatever it hits. · Inflicts paralysis on the foe | |||||
| L40 | Double Cut | NEUTRAL | physical | 120 | 100% |
| Both edges cut, and one of them is yours. · 33% recoil | |||||
Every species draws its own learnset from its type. A specimen learns these as it levels.
FIELD MATCHUPS
THE LEDGER
2 NATURALISTS HOLD ONE
First recorded August 30, 2026. Latest August 30, 2026.
Develops per week, the last twelve weeks. The register began keeping records in July 2026.
ON iNATURALIST
About 215,457 observations worldwide on iNaturalist at the time of minting, which files it as UNCOMMON in the register.
MORE AVIAN PLATES
Every species in the register began as somebody's photograph. Something out there is still unrecorded.
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