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Rare card · Science
Cruiser, a Rare card
A cruiser is a type of warship. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and can usually perform several operational roles from search-and-destroy to ocean escort to sea denial.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 270,000
Power 172 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Cruiser quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cruiser card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The term "cruiser", which has been in use for several hundred years, has changed its ______ over time.
Answer
meaning. The term "cruiser", which has been in use for several hundred years, has changed its meaning over time. From the Cruiser article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cruiser. Cruiser 89 · Methane 84 · Acetic acid 80 · Calcium 76 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 term "cruiser", which has been in use for several hundred years, has changed its meaning over time.
- During the Age of Sail, the term cruising referred to certain kinds of missions, independent scouting, commerce protection, or raiding, usually fulfilled by frigates or sloops-of-war, which functioned as the cruising warships of a fleet.
- In the middle of the 19th century, cruiser came to be a classification of the ships intended for cruising distant waters, for commerce raiding, and for scouting for the battle fleet.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cruiser article was read about 270,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 89 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Cruiser
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cruiser (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bill Larkins , 2010-12-05 19:28, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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