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Cortisol, a Rare card
Cortisol is a steroid hormone in the glucocorticoid class of hormones and a stress hormone.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 380,000
Ranked #1,433 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Cortisol quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cortisol card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In other tissues, it is produced in lower ______.
Answer
quantities. In other tissues, it is produced in lower quantities. From the Cortisol article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Laser. Laser 89 · Cortisol 83 · Burning of Washington 80 · Osprey 77 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.
- When used as medication, it is known as hydrocortisone.
- Cortisol is produced in many animals, mainly by the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex in an adrenal gland.
- In other tissues, it is produced in lower quantities.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cortisol article was read about 380,000 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 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Cortisol
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cortisol (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NEUROtiker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
