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Common card · Science
Gold prospecting, a Common card
Gold prospecting is the act of searching for new gold deposits.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 95
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 95 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Gold prospecting quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gold prospecting card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Gold prospecting has been popular since ______.
Answer
antiquity. Gold prospecting has been popular since antiquity. From the Gold prospecting article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Othmar Ammann. Othmar Ammann 61 · Lipót Fejér 58 · Johann Heinrich von Thünen 55 · Gold prospecting 52 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.
- Methods used vary with the type of deposit sought and the resources of the prospector.
- Although traditionally a commercial activity, in some developed countries placer gold prospecting has also become a popular outdoor recreation.
- Gold prospecting has been popular since antiquity.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gold prospecting article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Gold prospecting
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, Gold prospecting (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nate Cull from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
