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Uncommon card · Science
Carbon star, an Uncommon card
A carbon star is typically an asymptotic giant branch star, a luminous red giant, whose atmosphere contains more carbon than oxygen.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Carbon star quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carbon star card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In most stars, the ______ is richer in oxygen than carbon.
Answer
atmosphere. In most stars, the atmosphere is richer in oxygen than carbon. From the Carbon star article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Muhammad Ali Pate. Muhammad Ali Pate 70 · Carbon star 67 · Thermodynamic cycle 64 · Uniform 61 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Uniform. Uniform 35,000 · Thermodynamic cycle 25,000 · Carbon star 20,000 · Chinchorro culture 16,000 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 two elements combine in the upper layers of the star, forming carbon monoxide, which consumes most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, leaving carbon atoms free to form other carbon compounds, giving the star a "sooty" atmosphere and a strikingly ruby red appearance.
- There are also some dwarf and supergiant carbon stars, with the more common giant stars sometimes being called classical carbon stars to distinguish them.
- In most stars, the atmosphere is richer in oxygen than carbon.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carbon star article was read about 20,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Carbon star
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, Carbon star (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : David Ritter, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
