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Uncommon card · Nature
Bracken, an Uncommon card
Bracken is a genus of large, cosmopolitan, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 84,000
Power 114 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Bracken quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bracken card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The word bracken is of Old Norse origin, ______ to Swedish bräken and Danish bregne, both meaning fern.
Answer
related. The word bracken is of Old Norse origin, related to Swedish bräken and Danish bregne, both meaning fern. From the Bracken article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bracken. Bracken 73 · Clostridium 67 · Vinson Massif 63 · Marjoram 59 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Marjoram. Marjoram 200,000 · Vinson Massif 140,000 · Dhaulagiri 110,000 · Bracken 84,000 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.
- Brackens are noted for their large, highly divided fronds and are found on all continents except Antarctica, their typical habitat is moorland.
- The word bracken is of Old Norse origin, related to Swedish bräken and Danish bregne, both meaning fern.
- In the past, the genus was commonly treated as having only one species, Pteridium aquilinum, but the current trend is to subdivide it into about ten species.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bracken article was read about 84,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Bracken
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bracken (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
