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Uncommon card · Science
Alexandre Yersin, an Uncommon card
Alexandre Émile John Yersin was a Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 109
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 33,000
Power 109 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Alexandre Yersin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alexandre Yersin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ was later named in his honour: Yersinia pestis.
Answer
bacteria. The bacteria was later named in his honour: Yersinia pestis. From the Alexandre Yersin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Thomas Enqvist. Thomas Enqvist 72 · Alexandre Yersin 67 · Motorboat 63 · Basic oxygen steelmaking 60 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- He is remembered for his work as a pioneer in microbiology and immunology.
- Yersin is the co-discoverer of both the Diphtheria and Tetanus toxins and of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague.
- The bacteria was later named in his honour: Yersinia pestis.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alexandre Yersin article was read about 33,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Alexandre Yersin
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alexandre Yersin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rvalette, edited by Jaybear, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
