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Uncommon card · Science
Cephalopod beak, an Uncommon card
All extant cephalopods have a two-part beak, or rostrum, situated in the buccal mass and surrounded by the muscular head appendages.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 32,000
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Cephalopod beak quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cephalopod beak card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The beak may also be referred to as the ______, jaws or "octopuss".
Answer
mandibles. The beak may also be referred to as the mandibles, jaws or "octopuss". From the Cephalopod beak article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Economic geography. Economic geography 69 · Baryogenesis 66 · HNLMS Karel Doorman 63 · Cephalopod beak 60 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Baryogenesis. Baryogenesis 51,000 · 3C 273 40,000 · Cephalopod beak 32,000 · Expedition 75 24,000 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 dorsal mandible fits into the ventral mandible and together they function in a scissor-like fashion.
- The beak may also be referred to as the mandibles, jaws or "octopuss".
- Fossilised remains of beaks are known from a number of cephalopod groups, both extant and extinct, including squids, octopuses, belemnites, and vampyromorphs.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cephalopod beak article was read about 32,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Cephalopod beak
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, Cephalopod beak (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mgiganteus1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
