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Uncommon card · Science
Ascender, an Uncommon card
In typography and handwriting, an ascender is the portion of a minuscule letter in a Latin-derived alphabet that extends above the mean line of a font.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 40
- DEF
- 26
- Power
- 66
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 66 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Ascender quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ascender card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Ascenders, together with descenders, increase the ______ of words.
Answer
recognizability. Ascenders, together with descenders, increase the recognizability of words. From the Ascender article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Sony α6500. Sony α6500 49 · BRDM 45 · Ascender 40 · Booby prize 37 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Gaza Governorate. Gaza Governorate 27,000 · Ascender 15,000 · Cultured freshwater pearls 12,000 · Great Wall King Kong Cannon 9,100 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.
- That is, the part of a lower-case letter that is taller than the font's x-height.
- Ascenders, together with descenders, increase the recognizability of words.
- For this reason, many situations that require high legibility such as road signs avoid using solely capital letters.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ascender article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 40 and blocks with 26: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Ascender
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.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Ascender in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Sony α6500Uncommon · Science · ATK 49 DEF 17
- Alex AbrahantesUncommon · Society · ATK 46 DEF 20
- Devin HarjesUncommon · Arts · ATK 42 DEF 24
- BathinUncommon · Science · ATK 43 DEF 23
- Booby prizeUncommon · Arts · ATK 37 DEF 29
- Kintarō HattoriUncommon · Society · ATK 48 DEF 18
Card lists
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ascender (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : tarrytown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
