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Uncommon card · Nature
Bittern, an Uncommon card
Bitterns are birds belonging to the subfamily Botaurinae of the heron family Ardeidae.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 41
- DEF
- 17
- Power
- 58
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 47,000
Power 58 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
Bittern quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bittern card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more ______ than other members of the family.
Answer
secretive. Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more secretive than other members of the family. From the Bittern article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cainotheriidae. Cainotheriidae 46 · Bittern 41 · Gyropena verans 36 · Aliidiomarina minuta 33 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Bittern. Bittern 47,000 · Leucothoe 9,400 · Hibiscus laevis 4,600 · Aliidiomarina minuta 95 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.
- Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more secretive than other members of the family.
- They were called hæferblæte and various iterations of raredumla in Old English, the word "bittern" came to English from Old French butor, itself from Gallo-Roman butitaurus, a compound of Latin būtiō and taurus.
- Bitterns usually frequent reed beds and similar marshy areas and feed on amphibians, reptiles, insects, and fish.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bittern article was read about 47,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 41 and blocks with 17: each hit it takes is cut by 7 %.
How to get Bittern
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.
More Nature cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Bittern in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Resulkahya, BaskilCommon · Society · ATK 34 DEF 25
- Pericompsus laetulusCommon · Nature · ATK 35 DEF 24
- Gyropena veransCommon · Nature · ATK 36 DEF 23
- Isaac Hayes IIIUncommon · Arts · ATK 43 DEF 15
- Aaron StainthorpeUncommon · Arts · ATK 43 DEF 15
- FocusUncommon · Science · ATK 44 DEF 14
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bittern (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Seney Natural History Association, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
