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Cotton gin, an Uncommon card
A cotton gin, meaning "cotton engine", is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Cotton gin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cotton gin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ seeds may be used to grow more cotton or to produce cottonseed oil.
Answer
separated. The separated seeds may be used to grow more cotton or to produce cottonseed oil. From the Cotton gin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Shot put. Shot put 83 · Hooke's law 78 · Mortar 73 · Cotton gin 70 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.
- The separated seeds may be used to grow more cotton or to produce cottonseed oil.
- Handheld roller gins had been used in the Indian subcontinent since around 500 A.D. and later in other regions.
- The Indian worm-gear roller gin was invented sometime around the 16th century and has, according to Lakwete, remained virtually unchanged today.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cotton gin article was read about 190,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Cotton gin
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cotton gin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tom Murphy VII, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
