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Rare card · Science
Cyanide, a Rare card
In chemistry, a cyanide is an inorganic chemical compound that contains a C≡N functional group.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 61
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 340,000
Power 133 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Cyanide quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cyanide card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Ionic ______ contain the cyanide anion −C≡N.
Answer
cyanides. Ionic cyanides contain the cyanide anion −C≡N. From the Cyanide article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
León. León 81 · List of candidates in the 2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands 75 · Cyanide 72 · C1orf198 64 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026. Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026 1,300,000 · Cyanide 340,000 · León 1,100 · List of candidates in the 2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands 350 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.
- This group, known as the cyano group, consists of a carbon atom triple-bonded to a nitrogen atom.
- The name, from Greek kyanos 'dark blue', comes from the compound's historical association with the Prussian dark blue pigment.
- Ionic cyanides contain the cyanide anion −C≡N.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cyanide article was read about 340,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 61: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Cyanide
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cyanide (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. Benjah-bmm27 assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
