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Uncommon card · History
Capstan, an Uncommon card
A capstan is a vertical-axled rotating machine developed for use on sailing ships to multiply the pulling force of sailors when hauling ropes, cables, and hawsers.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 51
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 93
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 56,000
Power 93 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Capstan quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Capstan card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The principle is similar to that of the windlass, which has a ______ axle.
Answer
horizontal. The principle is similar to that of the windlass, which has a horizontal axle. From the Capstan article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Benoît Payan. Benoît Payan 61 · Bernard Boursicot 57 · Ghukas Karnetsi 54 · Capstan 51 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Bernard Boursicot. Bernard Boursicot 340,000 · Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey 100,000 · Capstan 56,000 · Antique 40,000 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.
- The principle is similar to that of the windlass, which has a horizontal axle.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Capstan article was read about 56,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 51 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Capstan
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Capstan in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Ghukas KarnetsiUncommon · History · ATK 54 DEF 39
- Lisa HensonUncommon · Society · ATK 57 DEF 36
- Anaerobic exerciseUncommon · Science · ATK 56 DEF 37
- BreadcrumbsUncommon · Society · ATK 52 DEF 41
- Moritz BleibtreuUncommon · Arts · ATK 64 DEF 29
- Traveller's chequeUncommon · Science · ATK 57 DEF 36
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Capstan (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NPS, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
