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Uncommon card · Science
Acrux, an Uncommon card
Acrux is a multiple star system and the brightest star in the southern constellation of Crux.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 147
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 27,000
Ranked #1,993 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Acrux quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Acrux card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
With a ______ visual magnitude of +0.76, it is the 13th-brightest star in the night sky.
Answer
combined. With a combined visual magnitude of +0.76, it is the 13th-brightest star in the night sky. From the Acrux article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Lawn mower. Lawn mower 60,000 · Chinese units of measurement 47,000 · Acrux 27,000 · Tornadoes of 1946 6,700 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It has the Bayer designation α Crucis, which is Latinised to Alpha Crucis and abbreviated Alpha Cru or α Cru.
- With a combined visual magnitude of +0.76, it is the 13th-brightest star in the night sky.
- It is the most southerly star of the asterism known as the Southern Cross and is the southernmost first-magnitude star, 2.3 degrees more southerly than Alpha Centauri.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Acrux article was read about 27,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Acrux
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Acrux in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Apollonius of PergaUncommon · Science · ATK 78 DEF 69
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- The Wizard of OzUncommon · Arts · ATK 77 DEF 70
- Carbon groupUncommon · Science · ATK 71 DEF 76
- Kurmanbek BakiyevUncommon · History · ATK 73 DEF 74
- Diazonium compoundUncommon · Science · ATK 72 DEF 75
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Acrux (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. Alain r assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
