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Gustnado, an Uncommon card
A gustnado is a brief, shallow surface-based vortex which forms within the downburst emanating from a thunderstorm.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 51
- DEF
- 20
- Power
- 71
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 71 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
Gustnado quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gustnado card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As these eddies very rarely connect from the ______ to the cloud base, they are very rarely considered tornadoes.
Answer
surface. As these eddies very rarely connect from the surface to the cloud base, they are very rarely considered tornadoes. From the Gustnado article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Cape Fear. Cape Fear 45,000 · Gustnado 24,000 · Chinchilla rabbit 18,000 · Acraea rangatana 140 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 name is a portmanteau by elision of "gust front tornado", as gustnadoes form due to non-tornadic straight-line wind features in the downdraft, specifically within the gust front of strong thunderstorms.
- Gustnadoes tend to be noticed when the vortices loft sufficient debris or form condensation clouds to be visible, although it is the wind that makes the gustnado, similar to tornadoes.
- As these eddies very rarely connect from the surface to the cloud base, they are very rarely considered tornadoes.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gustnado article was read about 24,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 51 and blocks with 20: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get Gustnado
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gustnado (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
