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Uncommon card · Nature
Flagellum, an Uncommon card
A flagellum is a hair-like appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, from fungal spores, and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 78
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 85,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Flagellum quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Flagellum card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Many protists with flagella are known as ______.
Answer
flagellates. Many protists with flagella are known as flagellates. From the Flagellum article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hipparchus. Hipparchus 84 · Flagellum 81 · Mushroom poisoning 76 · Bryophyte 73 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Flagellum. Flagellum 85,000 · Animal slaughter 60,000 · Megalograptus 12,000 · 1938 American Karakoram expedition to K2 3,300 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.
- Many protists with flagella are known as flagellates.
- Across the three domains of Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryota, the flagellum has a different structure, protein composition, and mechanism of propulsion but shares the same function of providing motility.
- The Latin word flagellum means "whip" to describe its lash-like swimming motion.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Flagellum article was read about 85,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 78: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Flagellum
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 Flagellum in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Electric lightUncommon · Science · ATK 74 DEF 85
- Mushroom poisoningUncommon · Nature · ATK 76 DEF 83
- HipparchusUncommon · Science · ATK 84 DEF 75
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Flagellum (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : LadyofHats, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
