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Balalaika, an Uncommon card
The balalaika is a Russian stringed musical instrument with a characteristic triangular wooden, hollow body, fretted neck, and three strings.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Balalaika quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Balalaika card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The higher-pitched ______ are used to play melodies and chords.
Answer
balalaikas. The higher-pitched balalaikas are used to play melodies and chords. From the Balalaika article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Trombone. Trombone 82 · Personifications of death 77 · Bob Marley and the Wailers 73 · Balalaika 69 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Personifications of death. Personifications of death 320,000 · Bob Marley and the Wailers 150,000 · Balalaika 120,000 · Theatre of ancient Greece 92,000 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.
- Two strings are usually tuned to the same note and the third string is a perfect fourth higher.
- The higher-pitched balalaikas are used to play melodies and chords.
- The instrument generally has a short sustain, necessitating rapid strumming or plucking when it is used to play melodies.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Balalaika article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Balalaika
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 Balalaika in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Internal structure of EarthUncommon · Nature · ATK 72 DEF 65
- YogyakartaUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 61
- Lakhta CenterUncommon · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 70
- Quantum chromodynamicsUncommon · Science · ATK 75 DEF 62
- Symphony No. 2Uncommon · Arts · ATK 72 DEF 65
- BanjulUncommon · Society · ATK 69 DEF 68
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Balalaika (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : User:MaGz96, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
