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California condor, a Rare card
The California condor is a New World vulture and the largest North American land bird.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 240,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
California condor quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the California condor card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is the only ______ member of the genus Gymnogyps, although four extinct members of the genus are also known.
Answer
surviving. It is the only surviving member of the genus Gymnogyps, although four extinct members of the genus are also known. From the California condor article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2018 United States House of Representatives elections. 2018 United States House of Representatives elections 100 · Terrorism 92 · California condor 84 · Bovidae 80 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It became extinct in the wild in 1987 when all remaining wild individuals were captured, but has since been reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah, the coastal mountains of California, and northern Baja California in Mexico.
- It is the only surviving member of the genus Gymnogyps, although four extinct members of the genus are also known.
- The species is listed by IUCN as critically endangered, and similarly considered Critically Imperiled by NatureServe.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The California condor 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 84 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get California condor
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, California condor (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Don Graham from Redlands, CA, USA - God bless it!, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.





