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Goblin shark, a Rare card
The goblin shark is a rare species of deep-sea shark.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 153
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 153 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Goblin shark quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Goblin shark card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Sometimes called a "living fossil", it is the only extant ______ of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old.
Answer
representative. Sometimes called a "living fossil", it is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old. From the Goblin shark article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It typically reaches a length of 3 to 4 meters when fully grown, although it can grow significantly larger, such as one specimen captured in ____, which was believed to measure around 6 meters.
Answer
2000s. It typically reaches a length of 3 to 4 meters when fully grown, although it can grow significantly larger, such as one specimen captured in 2000, which was believed to measure around 6 meters. From the Goblin shark article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Justin Martyr. Justin Martyr 85 · John Rawls 81 · Newfoundland 76 · Goblin shark 72 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- Sometimes called a "living fossil", it is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old.
- This pink-skinned animal has a distinctive profile with an elongated, flat snout, and highly protrusible jaws containing prominent nail-like teeth.
- It typically reaches a length of 3 to 4 meters when fully grown, although it can grow significantly larger, such as one specimen captured in 2000, which was believed to measure around 6 meters.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Goblin shark article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Goblin shark
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, Goblin shark (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Michigan State University/USFWS, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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