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Dytiscus, a Common card
Dytiscus is a Holarctic genus of predaceous diving beetles that usually live in wetlands and ponds.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 38
- Power
- 88
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,100
Power 88 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Dytiscus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dytiscus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They are ______ that can reduce mosquito larvae.
Answer
predators. They are predators that can reduce mosquito larvae. From the Dytiscus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Donta Smith. Donta Smith 60 · Troglomorphism 57 · Nitrosation and nitrosylation 53 · Dytiscus 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.
- There are 26 species in this genus distributed in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North and Central America.
- They are predators that can reduce mosquito larvae.
- Dytiscus are large water beetles with a robust, rounded shape and they measure 2.2–4.4 cm long depending on the exact species involved.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dytiscus article was read about 6,100 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 38: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Dytiscus
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 Dytiscus in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Donta SmithCommon · Society · ATK 60 DEF 28
- Prince of Wales HospitalCommon · Society · ATK 52 DEF 36
- Borja GómezCommon · Society · ATK 62 DEF 26
- John McLarenCommon · Society · ATK 56 DEF 32
- John Robert GreggCommon · Society · ATK 49 DEF 39
- Nitrosation and nitrosylationCommon · Science · ATK 53 DEF 35
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dytiscus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Edmund Reitter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
