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Chimera, a Rare card
The Chimera, Chimaera, Chimæra, or Khimaira was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature in Greek mythology, said to be from Lycia, Asia Minor, and composed of different animal parts.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 400,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Chimera quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Chimera card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Some ______ also include dragon's wings.
Answer
representations. Some representations also include dragon's wings. From the Chimera article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Bill Irwin. Bill Irwin 980,000 · Tom Kane 780,000 · Chimera 400,000 · Keith Jardine 180,000 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.
- Typically, it is depicted as a lion with a goat's head protruding from its back and a tail ending with a snake's head.
- Some representations also include dragon's wings.
- It was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of monsters like Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Chimera article was read about 400,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Chimera
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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The cards just above and just below Chimera in the power ranking, all domains together.
- BaccaratEpic · Society · ATK 75 DEF 53
- LyariEpic · Society · ATK 64 DEF 64
- Matt FitzpatrickEpic · Society · ATK 70 DEF 58
- BilateriaRare · Nature · ATK 70 DEF 58
- HornetRare · Nature · ATK 67 DEF 61
- MaleRare · Science · ATK 68 DEF 60
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Chimera (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lampas Group, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
