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Epic card · History
Cretaceous, an Epic card
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 Ma.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 570,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Cretaceous quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cretaceous card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is the third and final period of the ______ Era, as well as the longest.
Answer
Mesozoic. It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. From the Cretaceous article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Atlantic slave trade. Atlantic slave trade 97 · Cologne 88 · Cretaceous 84 · Qin dynasty 79 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.
- It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest.
- At around 77.1 million years, it is the ninth and longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic.
- The name is derived from the Latin creta, 'chalk', which is abundant in deposits from the latter half of the period.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cretaceous article was read about 570,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Cretaceous
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cretaceous (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Scotese, Christopher R., Vérard, Christian, Burgener, Landon, Elling, Reece P., Kocsis, Ád, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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