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Uncommon card · Science
Antigen, an Uncommon card
In immunology, an antigen is a molecule, or portion thereof, that can bind to a specific antibody or T-cell receptor.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 120
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 71,000
Power 120 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Antigen quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Antigen card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ of antigens in the body may trigger an immune response.
Answer
presence. The presence of antigens in the body may trigger an immune response. From the Antigen article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Blood orange. Blood orange 160,000 · Angstrom 120,000 · Antigen 71,000 · Intermolecular force 51,000 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.
- The presence of antigens in the body may trigger an immune response.
- Antigens can be proteins, peptides, polysaccharides, lipids, or nucleic acids.
- Antigens exist on normal cells, cancer cells, parasites, viruses, fungi, and bacteria.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Antigen article was read about 71,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Antigen
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, Antigen (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Fvasconcellos 19:03, 6 May 2007 (UTC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
