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Uncommon card · Nature
Centaurea cyanus, an Uncommon card
Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower or bachelor's button, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Europe.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 155
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 155 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Centaurea cyanus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Centaurea cyanus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In the past, it often grew as a weed in ______, hence its name.
Answer
cornfields. In the past, it often grew as a weed in cornfields, hence its name. From the Centaurea cyanus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Blackcurrant. Blackcurrant 260,000 · Coffea arabica 190,000 · Centaurea cyanus 150,000 · Badlands National Park 120,000 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 past, it often grew as a weed in cornfields, hence its name.
- C. cyanus is now endangered in its native habitat by agricultural intensification, particularly by over-use of herbicides.
- However, it is now also naturalized in many other parts of the world, including North America and parts of Australia.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Centaurea cyanus article was read about 150,000 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 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Centaurea cyanus
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, Centaurea cyanus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Orikrin1998, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
