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Barter, an Uncommon card
In trade, barter is a system of exchange in which participants in a transaction directly exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 91,000
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Barter quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Barter card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Barter usually takes place on a ______ basis, but may be multilateral.
Answer
bilateral. Barter usually takes place on a bilateral basis, but may be multilateral. From the Barter article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Crossword. Crossword 83 · Railway track 79 · Barter 74 · Dodoma 70 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- Barter is considered one of the earliest systems of economic exchange, used before the invention of money.
- Economists usually distinguish barter from gift economies in many ways, barter, for example, features immediate reciprocal exchange, not one delayed in time.
- Barter usually takes place on a bilateral basis, but may be multilateral.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Barter article was read about 91,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Barter
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, Barter (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : F.S. Church, published in Harper's Weekly, January 17, 1874, p. 61., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
