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Uncommon card · Nature
Crossbill, an Uncommon card
Crossbills are birds of the genus Loxia within the finch family, with five or six extant and one extinct species.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 44
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 18,000
Power 106 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Crossbill quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Crossbill card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
These birds are distinguished by their ______ with crossed tips, which gives the group its English name.
Answer
mandibles. These birds are distinguished by their mandibles with crossed tips, which gives the group its English name. From the Crossbill article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Two-state quantum system. Two-state quantum system 71 · Crossbill 62 · Hoary bat 58 · Baikal teal 55 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.
- These birds are distinguished by their mandibles with crossed tips, which gives the group its English name.
- Adult males tend to be red or orange, and females green or yellow, but there is much variation, some females, and juveniles, are greyish-green, juveniles are also streaked dark-on-pale.
- Crossbills are specialist feeders on conifer cones, and the unusual bill shape is an adaptation which enables them to extract seeds from cones.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Crossbill article was read about 18,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 44: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Crossbill
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Crossbill (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
