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Uncommon card · Science
Crossbow, an Uncommon card
A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Ranked #888 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels.
- A person who uses a crossbow is called a crossbowman, an arbalister or an arbalist.
- Crossbows and bows use the same elastic launch principles, but differ in that an archer using a bow must draw-and-shoot in a quick and smooth motion with limited or no time for aiming, while a crossbow's design allows it to be spanned and cocked ready for use at a later time and thus affording the wielder unlimited time to aim.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Crossbow article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Crossbow
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Crossbow (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : L'Arbalétrier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
