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Rare card · Nature
German cockroach, a Rare card
The German cockroach, colloquially known as the croton bug, is a species of small cockroach, typically about 1.1 to 1.6 cm long.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 120
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 250,000
Power 120 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
German cockroach quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the German cockroach card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Although B. ______ has wings, it can barely fly, although it may glide when disturbed.
Answer
germanica. Although B. germanica has wings, it can barely fly, although it may glide when disturbed. From the German cockroach article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Genus. Genus 70 · German cockroach 65 · Goethalsia meiantha 61 · PROB1 52 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
German cockroach. German cockroach 250,000 · Winestead Drain 570 · Goethalsia meiantha 380 · PROB1 220 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.
- In color it varies from tan to almost black, and it has two dark, roughly parallel, streaks on the pronotum running anteroposteriorly from behind the head to the base of the wings.
- Although B. germanica has wings, it can barely fly, although it may glide when disturbed.
- Of the few species of cockroach that are domestic pests, it probably is the most widely troublesome example.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The German cockroach article was read about 250,000 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 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get German cockroach
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, German cockroach (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
