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Uncommon card · Nature
Arroyo, an Uncommon card
An arroyo (from the Spanish arroyo or wash is a dry watercourse that temporarily or seasonally fills and flows after sufficient rain.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 51
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 82
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 63,000
Power 82 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Arroyo quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Arroyo card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Flash floods are common in arroyos following ______.
Answer
thunderstorms. Flash floods are common in arroyos following thunderstorms. From the Arroyo article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Alto saxophone. Alto saxophone 56 · Arroyo 51 · Amanohashidate 47 · Melaleuca bisulcata 44 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Strait. Strait 130,000 · Arroyo 63,000 · Melaleuca bisulcata 170 · Boronia revoluta 120 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.
- Flash floods are common in arroyos following thunderstorms.
- It is akin to the Catalan rambla, which stems from the Arabic rámla, "dry river".
- Similar landforms are referred to as wadi, chapp in the Gobi, laagate in the Kalahari, donga in South Africa, nullah in India, fiumare in Italy, and dry valley in England.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Arroyo article was read about 63,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 51 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Arroyo
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, Arroyo (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : All2humanuk at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
