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Uncommon card · Science
Boötes, an Uncommon card
Boötes is a constellation in the northern sky, located between 0° and +60° declination, and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Boötes quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Boötes card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The name comes from Latin: Boōtēs, which comes from Ancient Greek: Βοώτης, ______: Boṓtēs 'herdsman' or 'plowman'.
Answer
romanized. The name comes from Latin: Boōtēs, which comes from Ancient Greek: Βοώτης, romanized: Boṓtēs 'herdsman' or 'plowman'. From the Boötes article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Children's literature. Children's literature 92 · Lanthanide 86 · Boötes 82 · Hydropower 79 ATK in WikiCards.
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 name comes from Latin: Boōtēs, which comes from Ancient Greek: Βοώτης, romanized: Boṓtēs 'herdsman' or 'plowman'.
- One of the 48 constellations described by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, Boötes is now one of the 88 modern constellations.
- It contains the fourth-brightest star in the night sky, the orange giant Arcturus, which is also the brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Boötes article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Boötes
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, Boötes (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
