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Epic card · Science
Adrenochrome, an Epic card
Adrenochrome is a chemical compound produced by the oxidation of adrenaline.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 910,000
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Adrenochrome quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Adrenochrome card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Adrenochrome is mass produced and commercially available to the public, and is not a ______ substance.
Answer
controlled. Adrenochrome is mass produced and commercially available to the public, and is not a controlled substance. From the Adrenochrome article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Géza Pálffy. Géza Pálffy 72 · Suresh Bhargava 67 · Adrenochrome 64 · Volta Congress 60 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Adrenochrome. Adrenochrome 910,000 · Jan Koum 210,000 · George Bornemissza 1,300 · Volta Congress 1,000 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 was the subject of limited research from the 1950s through to the 1970s as a potential cause of schizophrenia.
- While adrenochrome has no currently proven medical application, the semicarbazide derivative, carbazochrome, is a hemostatic medication.
- Adrenochrome is mass produced and commercially available to the public, and is not a controlled substance.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Adrenochrome article was read about 910,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Adrenochrome
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Adrenochrome in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Britt LowerLegendary · Arts · ATK 64 DEF 49
- Chad GilbertLegendary · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 51
- ÑLegendary · Society · ATK 65 DEF 48
- V. J. EdgecombeEpic · Society · ATK 63 DEF 50
- Lorenzo LamasEpic · History · ATK 68 DEF 45
- TiramisuEpic · Society · ATK 66 DEF 47
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Adrenochrome (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : User:Innerstream, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
