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Castrato, a Rare card
A castrato is a male singer who underwent castration before puberty in order to retain a singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 127
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 460,000
Power 127 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Castrato quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Castrato card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The voice can also occur in one who, due to an ______ condition, never reaches sexual maturity.
Answer
endocrinological. The voice can also occur in one who, due to an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity. From the Castrato article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Alternate history. Alternate history 82 · Castrato 72 · Gelett Burgess 67 · Caltrop 64 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Castrato. Castrato 460,000 · Gelett Burgess 8,300 · Norman Eaton 640 · Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli 490 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 voice can also occur in one who, due to an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity.
- Castration before puberty prevents the larynx from being transformed by the normal physiological events of puberty.
- As a result, the vocal range of prepubescence is largely retained, and the voice develops into adulthood in a unique way.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Castrato article was read about 460,000 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 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Castrato
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, Castrato (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bartolomeo Nazari, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
