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Uncommon card · Science
Coal mining, an Uncommon card
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 180
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 180 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Coal mining quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Coal mining card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In Australia, "colliery" generally refers to an ______ coal mine.
Answer
underground. In Australia, "colliery" generally refers to an underground coal mine. From the Coal mining article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Coal is valued for its energy content and since the ____s has been widely used to generate electricity.
Answer
1880s. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. From the Coal mining article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Christian socialism. Christian socialism 90 · Ediacaran biota 86 · Coal mining 83 · Canopus 80 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity.
- In the United Kingdom and South Africa, a coal mine and its structures are a colliery, a coal mine is called a "pit", and above-ground mining structures are referred to as a "pit head".
- In Australia, "colliery" generally refers to an underground coal mine.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Coal mining article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Coal mining
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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- Jason HeywardUncommon · Society · ATK 83 DEF 97
- Kyle O'ReillyUncommon · Society · ATK 86 DEF 94
- Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinentUncommon · Society · ATK 93 DEF 87
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Coal mining (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
