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Rare card · Science
Arcturus, a Rare card
Arcturus is a red giant star in the northern constellation of Boötes, and the brightest star in the constellation.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 210,000
Ranked #1,454 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Arcturus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Arcturus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Arcturus forms one corner of the ______ Triangle asterism.
Answer
Spring. Arcturus forms one corner of the Spring Triangle asterism. From the Arcturus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ozone. Ozone 91 · Marshall McLuhan 86 · Calcium carbonate 82 · Arcturus 79 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.
- It has the Bayer designation α Boötis, which is Latinized to Alpha Boötis and abbreviated Alpha Boo or α Boo.
- With an apparent visual magnitude of −0.05, it is the fourth-brightest star in the night sky and the brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere.
- Arcturus forms one corner of the Spring Triangle asterism.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Arcturus article was read about 210,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Arcturus
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 Arcturus in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Richard IIIRare · Arts · ATK 80 DEF 90
- TrigonometryRare · Science · ATK 77 DEF 93
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Arcturus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
