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Uncommon card · Arts
Cistern, an Uncommon card
A cistern is a waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 121
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 160,000
Power 121 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Cistern quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cistern card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Cisterns are often built to catch and store ______.
Answer
rainwater. Cisterns are often built to catch and store rainwater. From the Cistern article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1898 Massachusetts legislature. 1898 Massachusetts legislature 74 · Battle of Ain Jalut 71 · Charles Hawks Jr. 68 · Cistern 64 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Battle of Ain Jalut. Battle of Ain Jalut 200,000 · Cistern 160,000 · Charles Hawks Jr. 520 · 1898 Massachusetts legislature 210 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.
- Cisterns are often built to catch and store rainwater.
- To prevent leakage, the interior of the cistern is often lined with hydraulic plaster.
- Cisterns are distinguished from wells by their waterproof linings.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cistern article was read about 160,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Cistern
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.
More Arts cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Cistern in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Battle of Ain JalutRare · History · ATK 71 DEF 50
- Louis de FunèsUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 51
- Child prodigyUncommon · Science · ATK 68 DEF 53
- Sir Mix-a-LotUncommon · Arts · ATK 66 DEF 55
- WahooUncommon · Nature · ATK 57 DEF 64
- Mike MillsUncommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 53
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Arts cards
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cistern (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Axel Rouvin from Bordeaux, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
