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Eurypterus, an Uncommon card
Eurypterus is an extinct genus of eurypterid, a group of organisms commonly called "sea scorpions".
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Eurypterus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Eurypterus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Eurypterus is by far the most well-studied and well-known ______.
Answer
eurypterid. Eurypterus is by far the most well-studied and well-known eurypterid. From the Eurypterus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of the National Health Service. History of the National Health Service 85 · Hyaenodonta 81 · Eurypterus 76 · Kharg Island 73 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Hyaenodonta. Hyaenodonta 33,000 · Sedimentary basin 24,000 · Primulaceae 19,000 · Eurypterus 15,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 genus lived during the Silurian period, from around 432 to 418 million years ago.
- Eurypterus is by far the most well-studied and well-known eurypterid.
- Eurypterus fossil specimens probably represent more than 95% of all known eurypterid specimens.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Eurypterus article was read about 15,000 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 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Eurypterus
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Eurypterus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
