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Bud, an Uncommon card
In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of a stem.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 53
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 88
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 31,000
Power 88 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Bud quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bud card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Once formed, a bud may remain for some time in a ______ condition, or it may form a shoot immediately.
Answer
dormant. Once formed, a bud may remain for some time in a dormant condition, or it may form a shoot immediately. From the Bud article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Mimosa. Mimosa 56 · Bud 53 · Penstemon anguineus 48 · Dadès Gorges 42 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Mimosa. Mimosa 86,000 · Bud 31,000 · Penstemon anguineus 240 · Cateristis 140 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.
- Once formed, a bud may remain for some time in a dormant condition, or it may form a shoot immediately.
- Buds may be specialized to develop flowers or short shoots or may have the potential for general shoot development.
- The term bud is also used in zoology, where it refers to an outgrowth from the body which can develop into a new individual.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bud article was read about 31,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 53 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Bud
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 Bud in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Leonid AndreyevUncommon · Arts · ATK 59 DEF 29
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bud (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : El Grafo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
