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Desert finch, a Common card
The desert finch, sometimes called Lichtenstein's desert finch, is a large brown true finch found in southern Eurasia.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 43
- DEF
- 21
- Power
- 64
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 2,400
Power 64 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Desert finch quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Desert finch card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Its ______ is confused, and it has formerly been placed in Fringilla, Bucanetes, Carduelis and Rhodopechys.
Answer
taxonomy. Its taxonomy is confused, and it has formerly been placed in Fringilla, Bucanetes, Carduelis and Rhodopechys. From the Desert finch article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Les Menuires. Les Menuires 46 · Desert finch 43 · Capnoides 40 · Diplozoidae 36 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Les Menuires. Les Menuires 8,600 · Crataegus oxyacantha 6,300 · Bokmakierie 3,800 · Desert finch 2,400 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.
- Its taxonomy is confused, and it has formerly been placed in Fringilla, Bucanetes, Carduelis and Rhodopechys.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Desert finch article was read about 2,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 43 and blocks with 21: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get Desert finch
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.
More Nature cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Desert finch in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Kirksey v. KirkseyCommon · Society · ATK 45 DEF 19
- Nikki MayCommon · Arts · ATK 41 DEF 23
- FarrugiaCommon · Society · ATK 46 DEF 18
- Douglas RuasCommon · History · ATK 46 DEF 18
- Dump diggingCommon · History · ATK 47 DEF 17
- NetSupport ManagerCommon · Arts · ATK 44 DEF 20
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Desert finch (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Abolfazl Fallahzadeh, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
