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Gateway Arch, a Rare card
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 190
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 400,000
Ranked #191 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Gateway Arch quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gateway Arch card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Some sources consider it the ______ human-made monument in the Western Hemisphere.
Answer
tallest. Some sources consider it the tallest human-made monument in the Western Hemisphere. From the Gateway Arch article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II 1,000,000 · Coyote 800,000 · Gateway Arch 400,000 · Missouri River 310,000 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.
- Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch, it is the world's tallest arch and Missouri's tallest accessible structure.
- Some sources consider it the tallest human-made monument in the Western Hemisphere.
- Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States and officially dedicated to "the American people", the Arch, commonly referred to as "The Gateway to the West", is a National Historic Landmark in Gateway Arch National Park and has become a popular tourist destination, as well as an internationally recognized symbol of St. Louis.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gateway Arch article was read about 400,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Gateway Arch
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gateway Arch (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : St_Louis_night_expblend.jpg : Daniel Schwen derivative work: ← fetch comms, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
