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Uncommon card · Science
Building, an Uncommon card
A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and often windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 122
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 122 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Building quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Building card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
To better understand the ______, see Nonbuilding structure for contrast.
Answer
concept. To better understand the concept, see Nonbuilding structure for contrast. From the Building article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Building. Building 120,000 · Frank H. Wadsworth 1,200 · Theunis Piersma 860 · ZNF821 200 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.
- Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history in response to numerous factors, from available building materials to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons.
- To better understand the concept, see Nonbuilding structure for contrast.
- Buildings serve several societal needs: occupancy, primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, storage for belongings, and comfortable places to live and work.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Building article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Building
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 Building in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Battle of IssusUncommon · History · ATK 64 DEF 58
- Black-eyed peaUncommon · Society · ATK 67 DEF 55
- Shanghai MastersUncommon · Society · ATK 67 DEF 55
- DormouseUncommon · Nature · ATK 64 DEF 58
- Antonine PlagueUncommon · Science · ATK 68 DEF 54
- Atomic nucleusUncommon · Science · ATK 70 DEF 52
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Building (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Moh hakem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
