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Uncommon card · Nature
Black rat, an Uncommon card
The black rat, also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus Rattus, in the subfamily Murinae.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Black rat quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Black rat card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is a ______ omnivore that can live on a wide variety of foods.
Answer
generalist. It is a generalist omnivore that can live on a wide variety of foods. From the Black rat article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cetacean. Cetacean 89 · Extremophile 79 · Black rat 76 · Bryce Canyon National Park 73 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Fox. Fox 800,000 · Cetacean 320,000 · Black rat 170,000 · Bryce Canyon National Park 130,000 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.
- It is a generalist omnivore that can live on a wide variety of foods.
- It associates extensively with humans, and most populations are synanthropic.
- It likely originated in the Indian subcontinent, but is now found worldwide.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Black rat article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Black rat
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, Black rat (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Davidvraju, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
