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Distrust, a Common card
Distrust is a formal way of not trusting any one party too much in a situation of grave risk or deep doubt.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 53
- DEF
- 38
- Power
- 91
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,100
Power 91 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Distrust quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Distrust card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ "trust, but verify" refers specifically to distrust.
Answer
phrase. The phrase "trust, but verify" refers specifically to distrust. From the Distrust article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Émile Baudot. Émile Baudot 60 · Sadao Yamanaka 56 · Distrust 53 · Ispíní na hÉireann 50 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 commonly expressed in civics as a division or balance of powers, or in politics as means of validating treaty terms.
- Systems based on distrust simply divide the responsibility so that checks and balances can operate.
- The phrase "trust, but verify" refers specifically to distrust.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Distrust article was read about 8,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 53 and blocks with 38: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Distrust
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 Distrust in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Marine Corps Air Station Camp PendletonCommon · History · ATK 58 DEF 33
- AccentorCommon · Nature · ATK 53 DEF 38
- Dimitrije MitrinovićCommon · History · ATK 58 DEF 33
- Celso AmorimCommon · History · ATK 57 DEF 34
- DenkardCommon · Science · ATK 57 DEF 34
- Ispíní na hÉireannCommon · Arts · ATK 50 DEF 41
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Distrust (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Sir George Scott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
