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Uncommon card · Science
Antlia, an Uncommon card
Antlia is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 78
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Ranked #1,968 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Antlia quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Antlia card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Its name means "pump" in Latin and Greek, it ______ an air pump.
Answer
represents. Its name means "pump" in Latin and Greek, it represents an air pump. From the Antlia article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of psychology. History of psychology 87 · Derivative 78 · Neural crest 74 · Antlia 71 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
History of psychology. History of psychology 54,000 · Neural crest 30,000 · Antlia 20,000 · Ground-level power supply 16,000 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 name means "pump" in Latin and Greek, it represents an air pump.
- Originally Antlia Pneumatica, the constellation was established by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in the 18th century.
- Its non-specific name, already in limited use, was preferred by John Herschel then welcomed by the astronomic community which officially accepted this.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Antlia article was read about 20,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 78: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Antlia
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 Antlia in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Monroe County, IndianaUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 78
- Bulgarian–Ottoman warsUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 79
- Brad SchimelUncommon · History · ATK 75 DEF 74
- Stefan CzarnieckiUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 79
- Ground-level power supplyUncommon · Science · ATK 73 DEF 76
- 1929 Barcelona International ExpositionUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 73
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Antlia (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
