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Uncommon card · Nature
Altostratus cloud, an Uncommon card
Altostratus are middle-altitude clouds that develop horizontally and have a flat and uniform texture in the mid levels.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Altostratus cloud quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Altostratus cloud card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The sun can be seen through ______ altostratus clouds, but thicker layers can be quite opaque.
Answer
thinner. The sun can be seen through thinner altostratus clouds, but thicker layers can be quite opaque. From the Altostratus cloud article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cantonese opera. Cantonese opera 81 · Background radiation 77 · Jöns Jacob Berzelius 74 · Altostratus cloud 69 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Erbium. Erbium 53,000 · Jöns Jacob Berzelius 35,000 · Altostratus cloud 21,000 · Bruno Pontecorvo 15,000 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.
- As a middle-altitude cloud type, they can be made up of water droplets, ice crystals, or a mixture of the two.
- Altostratus clouds usually appear as gray or blueish featureless sheets, although some variants have wavy or banded bases.
- The sun can be seen through thinner altostratus clouds, but thicker layers can be quite opaque.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Altostratus cloud article was read about 21,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Altostratus cloud
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- Bruno PontecorvoUncommon · Science · ATK 75 DEF 82
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Altostratus cloud (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
