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Uncommon card · Science
Escalator, an Uncommon card
An escalator is a moving staircase which carries people between floors of a building or structure.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 94,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Escalator quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Escalator card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Escalators are often used around the world in places where lifts would be ______, or they can be used in conjunction with them.
Answer
impractical. Escalators are often used around the world in places where lifts would be impractical, or they can be used in conjunction with them. From the Escalator article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dehumanization. Dehumanization 84 · Pigment 79 · Escalator 76 · Toyota Matrix 71 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 consists of a motor-driven chain of individually linked steps on a track which cycle on a pair of tracks which keep the step tread horizontal.
- Escalators are often used around the world in places where lifts would be impractical, or they can be used in conjunction with them.
- Principal areas of usage include department stores, shopping malls, airports, transit systems, convention centers, hotels, arenas, stadiums and public buildings.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Escalator article was read about 94,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Escalator
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 Escalator in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Stephanie ShehUncommon · Arts · ATK 81 DEF 76
- Battle of the FrontiersUncommon · History · ATK 79 DEF 78
- KolhapurUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 81
- Eugene WignerUncommon · History · ATK 76 DEF 81
- Jolyon PalmerUncommon · Society · ATK 80 DEF 77
- W. C. HandyUncommon · Arts · ATK 74 DEF 83
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Escalator (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Chepry 💬 ( Andrzej Barabasz ) 📷 🇵🇱, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
