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Fornax, an Uncommon card
Fornax is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, partly ringed by the celestial river Eridanus.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 78
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Fornax quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fornax card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Its name is Latin for ______.
Answer
furnace. Its name is Latin for furnace. From the Fornax article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It was named by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in ____.
Answer
1750s. It was named by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1756. From the Fornax article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2000 Pacific typhoon season. 2000 Pacific typhoon season 80 · Taís Araújo 76 · Fornax 72 · Asian woolly-necked stork 69 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.
- Its name is Latin for furnace.
- It was named by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1756.
- Fornax is one of the 88 modern constellations.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fornax article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 78: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Fornax
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 Fornax in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Idemitsu KosanUncommon · Society · ATK 70 DEF 80
- Taís AraújoUncommon · Arts · ATK 76 DEF 74
- Boris SkossyreffUncommon · History · ATK 74 DEF 76
- Otto von GuerickeUncommon · History · ATK 74 DEF 76
- David BrewsterUncommon · History · ATK 73 DEF 77
- Experimental psychologyUncommon · Science · ATK 76 DEF 74
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fornax (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
