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Arctic Circle, a Rare card
The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the northernmost of the five major circles of latitude.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 116
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 450,000
Power 116 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Arctic Circle quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Arctic Circle card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. Its southern counterpart is the ______ Circle.
Answer
Antarctic. It is shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. Its southern counterpart is the Antarctic Circle. From the Arctic Circle article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Data. Data 68 · Arctic Circle 65 · Harvey L. Taylor 62 · 1919 College Football All-Southern Team 55 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Arctic Circle. Arctic Circle 450,000 · Delaware Route 72 860 · Ethel M. Albert 430 · UBE3A-ATS 290 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.
- It is shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. Its southern counterpart is the Antarctic Circle.
- The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude for which at the December solstice the Sun does not rise and at the June solstice the Sun does not set.
- These phenomena are referred to as polar night and midnight sun, respectively, and the closer to the pole one goes, the longer that situation persists.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Arctic Circle article was read about 450,000 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 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Arctic Circle
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Arctic Circle in the power ranking, all domains together.
- UBE3A-ATSCommon · Science · ATK 66 DEF 51
- 1919 College Football All-Southern TeamCommon · Society · ATK 55 DEF 62
- Bill PullmanLegendary · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 47
- Carlos BalebaRare · Society · ATK 65 DEF 51
- Jennifer FinchRare · Arts · ATK 65 DEF 51
- ByzantiumRare · History · ATK 66 DEF 50
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Arctic Circle (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : CIA World Fact Book, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
