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Deinocheirus, an Uncommon card
Deinocheirus is a genus of large ornithomimosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous around 70 million years ago.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 162
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 91,000
Power 162 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Deinocheirus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Deinocheirus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
No further remains were discovered for almost fifty years, and its nature remained a ______.
Answer
mystery. No further remains were discovered for almost fifty years, and its nature remained a mystery. From the Deinocheirus article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, a pair of large arms, shoulder girdles, and a few other bones of a new dinosaur were first discovered in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.
Answer
1960s. In 1965, a pair of large arms, shoulder girdles, and a few other bones of a new dinosaur were first discovered in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. From the Deinocheirus article on Wikipedia.
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.
- In 1965, a pair of large arms, shoulder girdles, and a few other bones of a new dinosaur were first discovered in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.
- In 1970, this specimen became the holotype of the only species within the genus, Deinocheirus mirificus, the genus name is Greek for "horrible hand".
- No further remains were discovered for almost fifty years, and its nature remained a mystery.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Deinocheirus article was read about 91,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Deinocheirus
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Deinocheirus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ケラトプスユウタ, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
