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Uncommon card · Science
Distaff, an Uncommon card
A distaff is a tool used in spinning.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 92
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 53,000
Power 92 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Distaff quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Distaff card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Fiber is wrapped around the distaff and tied in place with a piece of ______ or string.
Answer
ribbon. Fiber is wrapped around the distaff and tied in place with a piece of ribbon or string. From the Distaff article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Linear equation. Linear equation 59 · Jacob W. Davis 54 · Distaff 50 · Anglo-American Freemasonry 46 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.
- It is designed to hold the unspun fibers, keeping them untangled and thus easing the spinning process.
- It is most commonly used to hold flax and sometimes wool, but can be used for any type of fibre.
- Fiber is wrapped around the distaff and tied in place with a piece of ribbon or string.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Distaff article was read about 53,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Distaff
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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The cards just above and just below Distaff in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Frank LovejoyUncommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 34
- German submarine U-977Uncommon · History · ATK 59 DEF 33
- Qasim RazviUncommon · History · ATK 59 DEF 33
Card lists
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Distaff (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Albert Anker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
