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Uncommon card · History
City centre, an Uncommon card
A city centre, also known as an urban core, is the commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart of a city.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 88
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 88 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
City centre quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the City centre card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The term downtown is generally used in North America, though a few cities, like ______, use the term Center City or City Center.
Answer
Philadelphia. The term downtown is generally used in North America, though a few cities, like Philadelphia, use the term Center City or City Center. From the City centre article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
City centre. City centre 56 · Uprising of Asen and Peter 53 · Lake Brienz 50 · Autograph 47 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Hassan Gouled Aptidon. Hassan Gouled Aptidon 29,000 · Autograph 22,000 · City centre 16,000 · ROKS Sejong the Great 12,000 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 term city centre is used mainly in British English, and closely equivalent terms that exist in other languages, such as centre-ville in French, Stadtzentrum in German, or shìzhōngxīn in Chinese.
- The term downtown is generally used in North America, though a few cities, like Philadelphia, use the term Center City or City Center.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The City centre article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get City centre
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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- USS PhenakiteUncommon · History · ATK 57 DEF 31
- 1989 Fiesta BowlCommon · Society · ATK 60 DEF 28
- CephalaspidomorphiCommon · Nature · ATK 55 DEF 33
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, City centre (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Henryk Bielamowicz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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