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Uncommon card · Nature
Fishing weir, an Uncommon card
A fishing weir, fish weir, fishgarth or kiddle is an obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to direct the passage of, or trap, fish.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Fishing weir quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fishing weir card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Weirs were traditionally built from wood or ______.
Answer
stones. Weirs were traditionally built from wood or stones. From the Fishing weir article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Barisal Division. Barisal Division 71 · Drepanosauromorpha 68 · Fishing weir 65 · Espalier 61 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Blackburn Roc. Blackburn Roc 35,000 · Fishing weir 23,000 · Drepanosauromorpha 13,000 · Elysium 2,900 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.
- A weir may be used to trap marine fish in the intertidal zone as the tide recedes, fish such as salmon as they attempt to swim upstream to breed in a river, or eels as they migrate downstream.
- Alternatively, fish weirs can be used to channel fish to a particular location, such as to a fish ladder.
- Weirs were traditionally built from wood or stones.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fishing weir article was read about 23,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Fishing weir
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fishing weir (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : B. K. Goss, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
