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Uncommon card · History
Ballista, an Uncommon card
The ballista, plural ballistae or ballistas, sometimes called a bolt thrower, was an ancient projectile weapon that launched either bolts or stones at a distant target.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 56
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 200,000
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Ballista quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ballista card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The springs consisted of several loops of ______ skeins.
Answer
twisted. The springs consisted of several loops of twisted skeins. From the Ballista article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
David Crowley. David Crowley 75 · Ballista 68 · Takayoshi Sekiguchi 62 · 465th Tactical Training Squadron 59 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh. Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh 1,400,000 · Ballista 200,000 · Takayoshi Sekiguchi 550 · 465th Tactical Training Squadron 390 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.
- Developed from earlier Greek weapons, it relied on different mechanics, using two levers with torsion springs instead of a tension prod.
- The springs consisted of several loops of twisted skeins.
- Early versions projected heavy darts or spherical stone projectiles of various sizes for siege warfare.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ballista article was read about 200,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 56: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Ballista
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 Ballista in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Stephen SchwartzRare · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 54
- Arsène LupinRare · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 51
- Angel FallsRare · Nature · ATK 63 DEF 61
- CalorieUncommon · Science · ATK 67 DEF 57
- Rudolf DieselUncommon · Science · ATK 68 DEF 56
- TagetesUncommon · Nature · ATK 63 DEF 61
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- History cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ballista (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Pearson Scott Foresman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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