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Basil, a Rare card
Basil, also called great basil, is a culinary herb of the family Lamiaceae.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 146
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 270,000
Power 146 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is a tender plant and is used in cuisines worldwide.
- In Western cuisine, the generic term "basil" refers to the variety also known as Genovese basil or sweet basil.
- Basil is native to tropical and subtopical Asia and Australasia from India and Sri Lanka east to southeastern China, Taiwan, and south through Southeast Asia, the Philippines, New Guinea, to northern Australia.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Basil article was read about 270,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Basil
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The cards just above and just below Basil in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- QomRare · Society · ATK 80 DEF 66
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, Basil (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

