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Uncommon card · Nature
Black swan, an Uncommon card
The black swan is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 143 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Black swan quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Black swan card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is a large bird with black ______ and a red bill.
Answer
plumage. It is a large bird with black plumage and a red bill. From the Black swan article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
African buffalo. African buffalo 78 · Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 75 · Tarsier 72 · Black swan 69 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
African buffalo. African buffalo 250,000 · Black swan 150,000 · Red-bellied piranha 62,000 · Campbell Island, New Zealand 46,000 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.
- Within Australia, the black swan is nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent on climatic conditions.
- It is a large bird with black plumage and a red bill.
- It is a monogamous breeder, with both partners sharing incubation and cygnet-rearing duties.
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 swan article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Black swan
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 swan (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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