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Rare card · Science
Camphor, a Rare card
Camphor is a waxy, colorless solid with a strong aroma derived from the wood of the camphor laurel, a large evergreen tree found in East Asia, and in the kapur tree, a tall timber tree from South East Asia.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 151
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 240,000
Power 151 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Camphor quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Camphor card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is classified as a ______ and a cyclic ketone.
Answer
terpenoid. It is classified as a terpenoid and a cyclic ketone. From the Camphor article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction 88 · William James 84 · Natural number 76 · Camphor 72 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- It is classified as a terpenoid and a cyclic ketone.
- It also occurs in some other related trees in the laurel family, notably Ocotea usambarensis.
- Rosemary leaves contain 0.05 to 0.5% camphor, while camphorweed contains some 5%.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Camphor 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 72 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Camphor
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.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Camphor in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Pierre CurieRare · Science · ATK 71 DEF 80
- GullRare · Nature · ATK 75 DEF 76
- Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fictionRare · Arts · ATK 88 DEF 63
- Printed circuit boardRare · Science · ATK 78 DEF 74
- Anthony the GreatRare · Arts · ATK 72 DEF 79
- BrazzavilleUncommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 78
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Camphor (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Manuel Almagro Rivas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
