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Crab Pulsar, an Uncommon card
The Crab Pulsar is a relatively young neutron star.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 57,000
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Crab Pulsar quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Crab Pulsar card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Crab Pulsar is one of very few pulsars to be ______ optically.
Answer
identified. The Crab Pulsar is one of very few pulsars to be identified optically. From the Crab Pulsar article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Discovered in ____, the pulsar was the first to be connected with a supernova remnant.
Answer
1960s. Discovered in 1968, the pulsar was the first to be connected with a supernova remnant. From the Crab Pulsar article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Estádio Nacional. Estádio Nacional 71 · Crab Pulsar 66 · Andrew Mangiapane 63 · Orchard 59 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 star is the central star in the Crab Nebula, a remnant of the supernova SN 1054, which was widely observed on Earth in the year 1054.
- Discovered in 1968, the pulsar was the first to be connected with a supernova remnant.
- The Crab Pulsar is one of very few pulsars to be identified optically.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Crab Pulsar article was read about 57,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Crab Pulsar
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, Crab Pulsar (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Optical: NASA/HST/ASU/J. Hester et al. X-Ray: NASA/CXC/ASU/J. Hester et al., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
