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Uncommon card · Nature
Cusk-eel, an Uncommon card
The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 94
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 94 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Cusk-eel quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cusk-eel card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ name is from the Greek ophis meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance.
Answer
scientific. The scientific name is from the Greek ophis meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. From the Cusk-eel article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of fictional turtles. List of fictional turtles 64 · Will Young 61 · Cusk-eel 55 · Guernsey cattle 52 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Woodwind instrument. Woodwind instrument 120,000 · Coonhound 80,000 · Shrubland 47,000 · Cusk-eel 24,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 scientific name is from the Greek ophis meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance.
- True eels diverged from other ray-finned fish during the Jurassic, while cusk-eels are part of the Percomorpha clade, along with tuna, perch, seahorses, and others.
- The oldest fossil cusk-eel is Ampheristus, a highly successful genus with numerous species that existed from the Late Cretaceous to the early Oligocene.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cusk-eel article was read about 24,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Cusk-eel
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- Immanuel NobelUncommon · Science · ATK 55 DEF 39
- Steve KhanUncommon · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 32
- Will YoungUncommon · Society · ATK 61 DEF 33
- Guadeloupe ConferenceUncommon · History · ATK 56 DEF 38
- Jesper BrattUncommon · Society · ATK 59 DEF 35
- List of fictional turtlesUncommon · Nature · ATK 64 DEF 30
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cusk-eel (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NOAA/ MBARI, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
