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Chinese giant salamander, an Uncommon card
The Chinese giant salamander is the largest salamander and the largest amphibian in the world.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 93,000
Power 172 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Chinese giant salamander quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Chinese giant salamander card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It has also been ______ to Kyoto Prefecture in Japan, and possibly to Taiwan.
Answer
introduced. It has also been introduced to Kyoto Prefecture in Japan, and possibly to Taiwan. From the Chinese giant salamander article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Andalusian horse. Andalusian horse 130,000 · Chinese giant salamander 93,000 · Norwegian Sea 47,000 · Coral reef fish 21,000 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.
- It is fully aquatic, and is endemic to rocky mountain streams and lakes in the Yangtze river basin of central China.
- It has also been introduced to Kyoto Prefecture in Japan, and possibly to Taiwan.
- It is considered critically endangered in the wild due to habitat loss, pollution, and overcollection, as it is considered a delicacy and used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Chinese giant salamander article was read about 93,000 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 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Chinese giant salamander
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, Chinese giant salamander (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Petr Hamerník, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
