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Uncommon card · Science
Capella, an Uncommon card
Capella is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Auriga.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 82,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Capella quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Capella card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A ______ object in the northern sky, it is circumpolar to observers north of 44°N.
Answer
prominent. A prominent object in the northern sky, it is circumpolar to observers north of 44°N. From the Capella article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Wolf–Rayet star. Wolf–Rayet star 140,000 · Afrofuturism 110,000 · Capella 82,000 · Berkelium 62,000 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.
- It has the Bayer designation α Aurigae, which is Latinised to Alpha Aurigae and abbreviated Alpha Aur or α Aur.
- Capella is the sixth-brightest star in the night sky, and the third-brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere after Arcturus and Vega.
- A prominent object in the northern sky, it is circumpolar to observers north of 44°N.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Capella article was read about 82,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Capella
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Capella (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Auriga_constellation_map.png : Torsten Bronger derivative work: Kxx ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
