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Uncommon card · Science
Galactose, an Uncommon card
Galactose is a common monosaccharide, i.e. a simple sugar.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 68,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Galactose quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Galactose card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In terms of ______, it is a C-4 epimer of glucose.
Answer
structure. In terms of structure, it is a C-4 epimer of glucose. From the Galactose article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Car suspension. Car suspension 79 · Design of experiments 74 · Stephanie Kwolek 71 · Galactose 68 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.
- It is classified as a reducing hexose, more specifically an aldohexose.
- In terms of structure, it is a C-4 epimer of glucose.
- A white, water-soluble solid, it is about 80–90% as sweet as glucose and about 65% as sweet as sucrose.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Galactose article was read about 68,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Galactose
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 Galactose in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Spencer KnightUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 62
- İskenderunUncommon · Society · ATK 69 DEF 69
- Carl Van VechtenUncommon · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 65
- Gabriela MistralUncommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 67
- Justin HolidayUncommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 66
- Norris ColeUncommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 65
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Galactose (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : CCoil ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
