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Uncommon card · Science
Amphibole, an Uncommon card
Amphibole is a group of inosilicate minerals, forming prism or needlelike crystals, composed of double chain SiO4 tetrahedra, linked at the vertices and generally containing ions of iron and/or magnesium in their structures.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 44,000
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Amphibole quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Amphibole card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Amphiboles can be green, black, ______, white, yellow, blue, or brown.
Answer
colorless. Amphiboles can be green, black, colorless, white, yellow, blue, or brown. From the Amphibole article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ousmane Sembène. Ousmane Sembène 73 · Green algae 70 · Aspartic acid 64 · Amphibole 61 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Green algae. Green algae 65,000 · Amphibole 44,000 · Gold extraction 24,000 · Biological pigment 19,000 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.
- Its IMA symbol is Amp.
- Amphiboles can be green, black, colorless, white, yellow, blue, or brown.
- The International Mineralogical Association currently classifies amphiboles as a mineral supergroup, within which are two groups and several subgroups.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Amphibole article was read about 44,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Amphibole
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.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Amphibole in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Ousmane SembèneUncommon · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 51
- Space toiletUncommon · Society · ATK 64 DEF 60
- Barge Haulers on the VolgaUncommon · Arts · ATK 63 DEF 61
- FethiyeUncommon · Society · ATK 67 DEF 57
- Catholic Church in JapanUncommon · Arts · ATK 63 DEF 61
- David DeinUncommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 56
Card lists
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Amphibole (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Robert M. Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
