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Barrel, an Uncommon card
A barrel is one of several units of volume applied in various contexts: there are dry barrels, fluid barrels, such as the British beer barrel and American beer barrel, oil barrels, etc.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Barrel quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Barrel card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In many ______, the term drum is used almost interchangeably with barrel.
Answer
connections. In many connections, the term drum is used almost interchangeably with barrel. From the Barrel article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's foil. Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's foil 77 · 2006–07 UEFA Champions League 71 · Barrel 67 · 1892 Coeur d'Alene labor strike 63 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Barrel. Barrel 190,000 · 1892 Coeur d'Alene labor strike 3,200 · Australian Formula 2 2,200 · Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's foil 800 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.
- In many connections, the term drum is used almost interchangeably with barrel.
- Since medieval times, the term barrel as a unit of measure has had various meanings throughout Europe, ranging from about 100 litres to about 1,000 litres.
- The name was derived in medieval times from the French baril, of unknown origin, but still in use, both in French and as derivations in many other languages, such as Italian, Polish, and Spanish.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Barrel article was read about 190,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Barrel
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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- Max MallowanUncommon · Science · ATK 61 DEF 54
- Bob cutUncommon · Arts · ATK 64 DEF 51
- PonyUncommon · Nature · ATK 61 DEF 54
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Barrel (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Flickr user "almost witty", CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
