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Rare card · Science
Basalt, a Rare card
Basalt, US: buh-SALT) is an aphanitic extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 290,000
Ranked #679 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- More than 90% of all volcanic rock on Earth is basalt.
- Rapid-cooling, fine-grained basalt has the same chemical composition and mineralogy as slow-cooling, coarse-grained gabbro.
- The eruption of basalt lava is observed by geologists at about 20 volcanoes per year.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Basalt article was read about 290,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Basalt
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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Card lists
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
- Legendary cards136 cards
- Epic cards262 cards
- Strongest cardsTop 100 by attack
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Basalt (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : James St. John, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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