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Uncommon card · Science
Amber, an Uncommon card
The color amber is a pure chroma color, located on the color wheel midway between the colors of yellow and orange.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 82
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 69,000
Power 82 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Amber quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Amber card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In English, the first recorded use of the term as a color name, rather than a ______ to the specific substance, was in 1500.
Answer
reference. In English, the first recorded use of the term as a color name, rather than a reference to the specific substance, was in 1500. From the Amber article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Inverted pyramid. Inverted pyramid 56 · Amber 52 · National Register of Historic Places listings in Kiowa County, Oklahoma 45 · ERGIC3 42 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Amber. Amber 69,000 · Inverted pyramid 48,000 · National Register of Historic Places listings in Kiowa County, Oklahoma 280 · PAK1IP1 210 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 color name is derived from the material also known as amber, which is commonly found in a range of yellow-orange-brown-red colors, likewise, as a color, amber can refer to a range of yellow-orange colors.
- In English, the first recorded use of the term as a color name, rather than a reference to the specific substance, was in 1500.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Amber article was read about 69,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Amber
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 Amber in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- ArroyoUncommon · Nature · ATK 51 DEF 31
- Kabuli pulaoUncommon · Arts · ATK 54 DEF 28
- Bruce McNallUncommon · Society · ATK 52 DEF 30
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Amber (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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