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Uncommon card · Nature
Blowout, an Uncommon card
A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 87,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Blowout quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Blowout card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Modern wells have blowout preventers intended to prevent such an ______.
Answer
occurrence. Modern wells have blowout preventers intended to prevent such an occurrence. From the Blowout article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Prior to the advent of pressure control equipment in the ____s, the uncontrolled release of oil and gas from a well while drilling was common and was known as an oil gusher, gusher or wild well.
Answer
1920s. Prior to the advent of pressure control equipment in the 1920s, the uncontrolled release of oil and gas from a well while drilling was common and was known as an oil gusher, gusher or wild well. From the Blowout article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Hornbill. Hornbill 170,000 · Arches National Park 130,000 · Blowout 87,000 · Sacrifice 62,000 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.
- Modern wells have blowout preventers intended to prevent such an occurrence.
- An accidental spark during a blowout can lead to a catastrophic oil or gas fire.
- Prior to the advent of pressure control equipment in the 1920s, the uncontrolled release of oil and gas from a well while drilling was common and was known as an oil gusher, gusher or wild well.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Blowout article was read about 87,000 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 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Blowout
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, Blowout (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Note: Image is available at [1] on the Paleontological Research Institution web site. The , Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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