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Uncommon card · Science
Desiccant, an Uncommon card
A desiccant is a hygroscopic substance that is used to induce or sustain a state of dryness in its vicinity, it is the opposite of a humectant.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 56,000
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Desiccant quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Desiccant card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They are commonly ______ in foods to retain crispness.
Answer
encountered. They are commonly encountered in foods to retain crispness. From the Desiccant article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gruiformes. Gruiformes 71 · NP 65 · Robert Tappan Morris 62 · Desiccant 58 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- Commonly encountered pre-packaged desiccants are solids that absorb water.
- Desiccants for specialized purposes may be in forms other than solid, and may work through other principles, such as chemical bonding of water molecules.
- They are commonly encountered in foods to retain crispness.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Desiccant article was read about 56,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Desiccant
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- Probability spaceUncommon · Science · ATK 67 DEF 36
- Lake Pend OreilleUncommon · Nature · ATK 59 DEF 44
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Desiccant (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Psiĥedelisto, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
