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Alpine pika, a Common card
The alpine pika is a species of small mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,300
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Alpine pika quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alpine pika card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is a ______ herbivore, and mainly forages on mosses, tree branches, pine nuts, and plant stems.
Answer
generalist. It is a generalist herbivore, and mainly forages on mosses, tree branches, pine nuts, and plant stems. From the Alpine pika article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Central European forests. History of Central European forests 75 · List of crossings of the Hackensack River 71 · Kauai County, Hawaii 68 · Alpine pika 63 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Kauai County, Hawaii. Kauai County, Hawaii 20,000 · Galeaspida 12,000 · Indian pied myna 8,700 · Alpine pika 4,300 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.
- The summer pelage of different subspecies varies drastically but, in general, it is dark or cinnamon brown, turning to grey with a yellowish tinge during the winter.
- The alpine pika is found in western Mongolia, eastern Kazakhstan, and Russia, as well as in China, in very cold, mountainous regions.
- It is a generalist herbivore, and mainly forages on mosses, tree branches, pine nuts, and plant stems.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alpine pika article was read about 4,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Alpine pika
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, Alpine pika (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Avustfel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
