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Giant salamander, an Uncommon card
The Cryptobranchidae are a family of large salamanders that are fully aquatic.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 57,000
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Giant salamander quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Giant salamander card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The family includes some of the largest living ______.
Answer
amphibians. The family includes some of the largest living amphibians. From the Giant salamander article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hamming code. Hamming code 69 · Fish hook 65 · Giant salamander 62 · Bay 57 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Bay. Bay 96,000 · Geometer moth 73,000 · Giant salamander 57,000 · Hylonomus 29,000 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.
- The family includes some of the largest living amphibians.
- They are native to China, Japan, and the eastern United States.
- Giant salamanders constitute one of two living families, the other being the Asiatic salamanders belonging to the family Hynobiidae, within the Cryptobranchoidea, one of two main divisions of living salamanders.
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 salamander article was read about 57,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Giant salamander
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, Giant salamander (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : V31S70, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
