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Desman, an Uncommon card
Desmans are aquatic insectivores of the tribe Desmanini in the mole family, Talpidae.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 49
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 94
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 26,000
Power 94 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Desman quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Desman card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Both species are endangered, the ______ desman critically so.
Answer
Russian. Both species are endangered, the Russian desman critically so. From the Desman article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Draw poker. Draw poker 66 · Michael Batiste 62 · Bajaj Qute 56 · Desman 49 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.
- This tribe consists of two living species found in Europe: the Russian desman in European Russia, and the Pyrenean desman in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula and the Pyrenees.
- Both species are endangered, the Russian desman critically so.
- They have webbed paws and their front paws are not well-adapted for digging.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Desman article was read about 26,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 49 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Desman
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, Desman (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gustav Mützel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
