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Archean, a Rare card
The Archean, in older sources sometimes called the Archaeozoic, is the second of the four geologic eons of Earth's history, preceded by the Hadean Eon and followed by the Proterozoic and the Phanerozoic.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 136
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 136 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Archean quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Archean card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Archean ______ the time period from 4,031 to 2,500 Ma.
Answer
represents. The Archean represents the time period from 4,031 to 2,500 Ma. From the Archean article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hokkaido at-large district. Hokkaido at-large district 82 · Archean 74 · Cape Colony 71 · 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland 67 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Archean. Archean 230,000 · Cape Colony 150,000 · 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland 2,000 · Borshchiv Raion 1,200 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 Archean represents the time period from 4,031 to 2,500 Ma.
- The Late Heavy Bombardment is hypothesized to overlap with the beginning of the Archean.
- The oldest known glaciation occurred in the middle of the eon.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Archean article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Archean
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, Archean (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tim Bertelink, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
