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Uncommon card · Nature
Carcinus maenas, an Uncommon card
Carcinus maenas is a common littoral crab. It is known by different names around the world.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 162
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 50,000
Power 162 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Carcinus maenas quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carcinus maenas card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ Green Crab is native to Europe and North Africa.
Answer
European. The European Green Crab is native to Europe and North Africa. From the Carcinus maenas article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Danube. Danube 89 · Appalachian Mountains 83 · Landslide 80 · Carcinus maenas 76 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Landslide. Landslide 110,000 · Beaked whale 87,000 · Chough 67,000 · Carcinus maenas 50,000 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.
- In the British Isles, it is generally referred to as the shore crab or green shore crab.
- In North America and South Africa, it bears the name European green crab.
- The European Green Crab is native to Europe and North Africa.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carcinus maenas article was read about 50,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Carcinus maenas
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, Carcinus maenas (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
