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Uncommon card · Science
Anvil, an Uncommon card
An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal, with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 87,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Anvil quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Anvil card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In most cases an anvil is used as a ______ tool.
Answer
forging. In most cases an anvil is used as a forging tool. From the Anvil article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Max Mallowan. Max Mallowan 190,000 · Green flash 120,000 · Anvil 87,000 · Astrophysical jet 58,000 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.
- Anvils are massive because having higher inertia allows them to more efficiently cause the energy of striking tools to be transferred to the work piece.
- In most cases an anvil is used as a forging tool.
- Before the advent of modern welding technology, it was the primary tool of metal workers.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Anvil article was read about 87,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Anvil
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 Anvil in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- BasseterreUncommon · Society · ATK 65 DEF 50
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Anvil (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Andrey Butko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
