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Giant petrel, an Uncommon card
Giant petrels form a genus, Macronectes, from the family Procellariidae, which consists of two living and one extinct species.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 35,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Giant petrel quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Giant petrel card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The genus is almost entirely restricted to the ______ Hemisphere.
Answer
Southern. The genus is almost entirely restricted to the Southern Hemisphere. From the Giant petrel article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball. South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball 74 · Eoraptor 71 · Giant petrel 66 · Environmental issues 63 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Environmental issues. Environmental issues 51,000 · Giant petrel 35,000 · Akdamar Island 10,000 · CSKT Bison Range 6,800 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.
- They are the largest birds in this family, and the only member that is capable of walking on land.
- The genus is almost entirely restricted to the Southern Hemisphere.
- Giant petrels are extremely aggressive predators and scavengers, inspiring another common name, the stinker.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Giant petrel article was read about 35,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Giant petrel
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 Giant petrel in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Frank GotchUncommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 66
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- Location of EarthUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 67
- Stefan JohanssonUncommon · Society · ATK 83 DEF 55
- Bingu wa MutharikaUncommon · History · ATK 73 DEF 65
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Giant petrel (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Polinova, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
