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Bloomery, an Uncommon card
A bloomery is a type of metallurgical furnace once used widely for smelting iron from its oxides.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 77,000
Power 129 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Bloomery quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bloomery card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Bloomeries produce a ______ mass of iron and slag called a bloom.
Answer
porous. Bloomeries produce a porous mass of iron and slag called a bloom. From the Bloomery article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Boer republics. Boer republics 140,000 · Measurement 99,000 · Bloomery 77,000 · Spring 57,000 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.
- The bloomery was the earliest form of smelter capable of smelting iron.
- Bloomeries produce a porous mass of iron and slag called a bloom.
- The mix of slag and iron in the bloom, termed sponge iron, is usually consolidated and further forged into wrought iron.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bloomery article was read about 77,000 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 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Bloomery
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, Bloomery (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Przykuta, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
