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Epic card · Science
Cocaine, an Epic card
Cocaine is a central nervous system stimulant and tropane alkaloid, derived primarily from the leaves of two coca species native to South America: Erythroxylum coca and E. novogranatense.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 94
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 191
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 930,000
Ranked #134 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Cocaine quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cocaine card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Although total synthesis is possible, it is complex and not used for ______.
Answer
production. Although total synthesis is possible, it is complex and not used for production. From the Cocaine article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein 4,500,000 · Isaac Newton 2,500,000 · Cocaine 930,000 · Antipsychotic 190,000 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 leaves are processed into cocaine paste, a crude mixture of coca alkaloids, from which cocaine base is isolated and then converted to cocaine hydrochloride.
- Although total synthesis is possible, it is complex and not used for production.
- Historically, cocaine was a standard topical medication used as a local anesthetic with intrinsic vasoconstrictor properties.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cocaine article was read about 930,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 94 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Cocaine
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cocaine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NEUROtiker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
