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  "spec": "pointcast.mascot-field-card/v1",
  "atlas": "https://pointcast.xyz/mascot-battler.json",
  "canonical": "https://pointcast.xyz/mascot-battler/iowa",
  "machineEdition": "https://pointcast.xyz/mascot-battler/iowa.json",
  "season": 2026,
  "board": "000",
  "card": {
    "slug": "iowa",
    "mascot": "Herky the Hawk",
    "mascotClass": "aerial",
    "officialStatus": "official",
    "city": "Iowa City",
    "state": "Iowa",
    "stadium": "Kinnick Stadium",
    "localResource": "Iowa River · black prairie soil · cold western wind",
    "tradition": "A cartoon hawk named for Hercules became a friendly face for a notably stern football place.",
    "ability": "KINNICK DUSK",
    "abilityText": "Adds ten Legacy at night and five Balance in crosswind.",
    "locality": 91,
    "legacy": 91,
    "myth": 88,
    "balance": 95,
    "sourceLabel": "Iowa Athletics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://hawkeyesports.com",
    "school": "Iowa",
    "short": "IOWA",
    "conference": "Big Ten",
    "rank": 25,
    "accent": "#fcd116",
    "form": 46,
    "pointcastReason": "An elite imported runner, institutional defensive competence, and the possibility of extremely strange winning.",
    "pointcastProof": "Score enough early that the punter does not become the offensive identity again.",
    "art": "/images/mascot-battler/type-aerial.png",
    "className": "Aerial",
    "classFieldName": "Storm Bird Parliament",
    "classInstinct": "Weather changes are information, not interruption.",
    "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-07-27",
    "canonical": "https://pointcast.xyz/mascot-battler/iowa",
    "machineEdition": "https://pointcast.xyz/mascot-battler/iowa.json"
  },
  "class": {
    "id": "aerial",
    "name": "Aerial",
    "fieldName": "Storm Bird Parliament",
    "art": "/images/mascot-battler/type-aerial.png",
    "color": "#185d8c",
    "instinct": "Weather changes are information, not interruption.",
    "strongAgainst": "range"
  },
  "favoredArenas": [
    {
      "id": "rain",
      "name": "Rain Game",
      "note": "Lake weather, soaked paper, bad footing.",
      "favored": [
        "aerial",
        "hound"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "altitude",
      "name": "Thin Air",
      "note": "The field tilts uphill after halftime.",
      "favored": [
        "aerial",
        "apex"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "boundary": "Unofficial editorial game. PointCast is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any school, conference, mascot program, or athletic association. Original illustrations depict broad creature archetypes and do not reproduce official mascot costume designs or logos."
}