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Uncommon card · Nature
Common eider, an Uncommon card
The common eider, also called St. Cuthbert's duck or Cuddy's duck, is a large sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 118
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 61,000
Power 118 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Common eider quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Common eider card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It can fly at ______ up to 113 km/h.
Answer
speeds. It can fly at speeds up to 113 km/h. From the Common eider article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Auk. Auk 130,000 · Polder 100,000 · Balinese cat 80,000 · Common eider 61,000 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.
- It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but winters somewhat farther south in temperate zones, when it can form large flocks on coastal waters.
- It can fly at speeds up to 113 km/h.
- The eider's nest is built close to the sea and is lined with eiderdown, plucked from the female's breast.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Common eider article was read about 61,000 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 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Common eider
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, Common eider (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ryzhkov Sergey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
