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Uncommon card · Nature
Fire salamander, an Uncommon card
The fire salamander is a common species of salamander found in Europe.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 101
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 74,000
Power 101 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Fire salamander quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fire salamander card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This bright coloration is highly conspicuous and acts to deter predators by honest signalling of its ______.
Answer
toxicity. This bright coloration is highly conspicuous and acts to deter predators by honest signalling of its toxicity. From the Fire salamander article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi. Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi 65 · Fire salamander 61 · Dianthus 57 · Elettaria cardamomum 54 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Ground squirrel. Ground squirrel 160,000 · Dianthus 99,000 · Fire salamander 74,000 · Elettaria cardamomum 55,000 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.
- It is black with yellow spots or stripes to a varying degree, some specimens can be nearly completely black while on others the yellow is dominant.
- Shades of red and orange may sometimes appear, either replacing or mixing with the yellow according to subspecies.
- This bright coloration is highly conspicuous and acts to deter predators by honest signalling of its toxicity.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fire salamander article was read about 74,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Fire salamander
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 Fire salamander in the power ranking, all domains together.
- ArashUncommon · Arts · ATK 59 DEF 42
- Cantilever bridgeUncommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 43
- Dean O'GormanUncommon · Arts · ATK 59 DEF 42
- Cory LidleUncommon · Society · ATK 61 DEF 40
- MuridaeUncommon · Nature · ATK 59 DEF 42
- Carl Gustav Jacob JacobiUncommon · Science · ATK 65 DEF 36
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fire salamander (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
