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Rare card · Nature
Botfly, a Rare card
Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are flies of the family Oestridae.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 44
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 240,000
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Botfly quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Botfly card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Their larvae are internal parasites of ______, some species growing in the host's flesh and others within the gut.
Answer
mammals. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, some species growing in the host's flesh and others within the gut. From the Botfly article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gruiformes. Gruiformes 71 · Botfly 59 · Waro Limestone Scenic Reserve 53 · Alpinia arctiflora 50 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Botfly. Botfly 240,000 · Kunlun Mountains 94,000 · Waro Limestone Scenic Reserve 430 · Iris pseudocaucasica 310 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.
- Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, some species growing in the host's flesh and others within the gut.
- Dermatobia hominis is the only species of botfly known to parasitize humans routinely, though other species of flies cause myiasis in humans.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Botfly article was read about 240,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 44: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Botfly
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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The cards just above and just below Botfly in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- MascarponeRare · Society · ATK 60 DEF 43
- CanastaUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 32
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Botfly (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Karsten Heinrich (& G. Kothe-Heinrich ), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
