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Uncommon card · Nature
Geysir, an Uncommon card
Geysir, sometimes known as The Great Geysir, is a geyser in south-western Iceland that geological studies suggest started forming about 1150 CE.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 45,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Geysir quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Geysir card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ word geyser derives from Geysir.
Answer
English. The English word geyser derives from Geysir. From the Geysir article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Geysir, sometimes known as The Great Geysir, is a geyser in south-western Iceland that geological studies suggest started forming about ____ CE.
Answer
1150s. Geysir, sometimes known as The Great Geysir, is a geyser in south-western Iceland that geological studies suggest started forming about 1150 CE. From the Geysir article on Wikipedia.
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.
- The English word geyser derives from Geysir.
- The name itself comes from the Icelandic verb geysa.
- Geysir lies in the Haukadalur valley on the slopes of Laugarfjall lava dome, which is also the home to Strokkur geyser about 50 metres to the south.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Geysir article was read about 45,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Geysir
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, Geysir (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dieter Schweizer (Obersulm, Germany), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
