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Rare card · Nature
Corruption, a Rare card
Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a crime that is undertaken by a person or an organization that is entrusted in a position of authority to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's gain.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 175
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 200,000
Ranked #1,212 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Corruption quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Corruption card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Political corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an ______ capacity for personal gain.
Answer
official. Political corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain. From the Corruption article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Corruption. Corruption 91 · Thomas Cranmer 83 · Brihadisvara Temple 80 · Island 76 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.
- Corruption may involve activities like bribery, influence peddling, embezzlement, and fraud as well as practices that are legal in many countries, such as lobbying.
- Political corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain.
- Historically, "corruption" had a broader meaning concerned with an activity's impact on morals and societal well-being: for example, the ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates was condemned to death in part for "corrupting the young".
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Corruption article was read about 200,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Corruption
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, Corruption (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Cnscrptr and ConnerMiner, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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