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Uncommon card · Nature
Ephedra, an Uncommon card
Ephedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs. As of July 2025, 74 species, and two hybrids, are accepted.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Ephedra quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ephedra card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In ______ climates, most Ephedra species grow on shores or in sandy soils with direct sun exposure.
Answer
temperate. In temperate climates, most Ephedra species grow on shores or in sandy soils with direct sun exposure. From the Ephedra article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Galliformes. Galliformes 80 · Ephedra 72 · Lhotse 69 · Cedrus 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.
- The species of Ephedra are widespread in many arid regions of the world, ranging across southwestern North America, southern Europe, northern Africa, southwest and central Asia, northern China, and western South America.
- It is the only extant genus in its family, Ephedraceae, and order, Ephedrales, and one of the three extant genera of the division Gnetophyta together with Gnetum and Welwitschia.
- In temperate climates, most Ephedra species grow on shores or in sandy soils with direct sun exposure.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ephedra 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 72 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Ephedra
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 Ephedra in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Cobalt-60Uncommon · Science · ATK 68 DEF 71
- CyrenaicaUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 69
- Diamond SutraUncommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 68
- Historical race conceptsUncommon · History · ATK 86 DEF 53
- Marcell OzunaUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 68
- PrairieUncommon · Science · ATK 74 DEF 65
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ephedra (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
