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Epic card · Nature
Coelacanth, an Epic card
Coelacanths are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish in the class Actinistia.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 166
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 560,000
Power 166 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Coelacanth quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Coelacanth card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
There is only a ______ living genus, Latimeria, with two described species.
Answer
single. There is only a single living genus, Latimeria, with two described species. From the Coelacanth article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Brittany. Brittany 89 · Geology of the Iberian Peninsula 85 · Coelacanth 78 · Plastisphere 75 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Little Saint James. Little Saint James 3,500,000 · Capybara 1,400,000 · Coelacanth 560,000 · Geology of the Iberian Peninsula 13,000 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.
- As sarcopterygians, they are more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods than to ray-finned fish.
- There is only a single living genus, Latimeria, with two described species.
- The name coelacanth originates from the Permian genus Coelacanthus, which was the first scientifically named genus of coelacanths, becoming the type genus of Coelacanthiformes as other species were discovered and named.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Coelacanth article was read about 560,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Coelacanth
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, Coelacanth (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bruce A.S. Henderson, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
