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Common card · Science
Cygnus Loop, a Common card
The Cygnus Loop is a large supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus, an emission nebula measuring nearly 3° across.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 134
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 134 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Cygnus Loop quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cygnus Loop card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Radio, infrared, and X-ray images reveal the ______ loop.
Answer
complete. Radio, infrared, and X-ray images reveal the complete loop. From the Cygnus Loop article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ethereum Classic. Ethereum Classic 73 · John Rennie the Elder 70 · Pierre Nora 67 · Cygnus Loop 64 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Thomas Hodgkin. Thomas Hodgkin 18,000 · Cygnus Loop 13,000 · Environment of India 8,200 · List of awards and nominations received by Trevor Noah 5,400 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.
- Some arcs of the loop, known collectively as the Veil Nebula or Cirrus Nebula, emit in the visible electromagnetic range.
- Radio, infrared, and X-ray images reveal the complete loop.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cygnus Loop article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Cygnus Loop
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cygnus Loop (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Elphion, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
