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Uncommon card · Science
Dust devil, an Uncommon card
A dust devil is a strong, well-formed, and relatively short-lived whirlwind.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Dust devil quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dust devil card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ vertical motion is upward.
Answer
primary. The primary vertical motion is upward. From the Dust devil article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ordinal number. Ordinal number 79 · Encryption 73 · Hindu–Arabic numeral system 70 · Dust devil 67 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.
- Its size ranges from small to large, 0.5 m and a few yards or metres tall to more than 10 m wide and more than 1 km tall.
- The primary vertical motion is upward.
- Dust devils are usually harmless, but can on rare occasions grow strong enough to endanger both people and property.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dust devil article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Dust devil
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 Dust devil in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of AlbaUncommon · History · ATK 71 DEF 64
- Chris BarnesUncommon · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 60
- Darryl F. ZanuckUncommon · Arts · ATK 78 DEF 57
- Hyōgo PrefectureUncommon · Science · ATK 76 DEF 59
- Itsukushima ShrineUncommon · Nature · ATK 66 DEF 69
- Jewel in the PalaceUncommon · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 60
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dust devil (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
