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Archilochus, a Common card
Archilochus is a genus of hummingbirds. It consists of two small migratory species which breed in North America and winter in Central America, Mexico and the southern United States.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 44
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 76
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 3,400
Power 76 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Archilochus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Archilochus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Two ______ are placed in the genus.
Answer
species. Two species are placed in the genus. From the Archilochus article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The genus Archilochus was introduced in ____ by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach with the black-chinned hummingbird as the type species.
Answer
1850s. The genus Archilochus was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach with the black-chinned hummingbird as the type species. From the Archilochus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Seal Island. Seal Island 50 · Tammerkoski 47 · Archilochus 44 · Colvillea 38 ATK in WikiCards.
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 genus Archilochus was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach with the black-chinned hummingbird as the type species.
- The name Archilochus is that of a Greek lyric poet from the island of Paros who lived around 650 BC.
- Two species are placed in the genus.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Archilochus article was read about 3,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 44 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Archilochus
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, Archilochus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Steve Maslowski, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
