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Uncommon card · Science
Dust, an Uncommon card
Dust is made of fine particles of solid matter. On Earth, it generally consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil lifted by wind, volcanic eruptions, and pollution.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 83,000
Power 133 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Dust quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dust card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Dust in homes is ______ of about 20–50% dead skin cells.
Answer
composed. Dust in homes is composed of about 20–50% dead skin cells. From the Dust article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Human–computer interaction. Human–computer interaction 76 · Gas mask 72 · Dust 69 · Applied mathematics 66 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.
- Dust in homes is composed of about 20–50% dead skin cells.
- The rest, and in offices and other built environments, is composed of small amounts of plant pollen, human hairs, animal fur, textile fibers, paper fibers, minerals from outdoor soil, burnt meteorite particles, and many other materials which may be found in the local environment.
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 article was read about 83,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Dust
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Dust in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Henry IV of CastileUncommon · History · ATK 67 DEF 66
- Joachim AndersenUncommon · Society · ATK 67 DEF 66
- Newport Folk FestivalUncommon · Arts · ATK 74 DEF 59
- Wayde van NiekerkUncommon · Society · ATK 75 DEF 58
- AmmoniumUncommon · Science · ATK 68 DEF 65
- Giovanni da VerrazzanoUncommon · History · ATK 69 DEF 64
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dust (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : George Everett Marsh Jr., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
