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Uncommon card · Science
Hammock, an Uncommon card
A hammock, from Spanish hamaca, borrowed from Taíno and Arawak hamaka, is a sling made of fabric, rope, or netting, suspended between two or more points, used for swinging, sleeping, or resting.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 57,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Hammock quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hammock card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Hammocks were developed by native inhabitants of the ______ for sleeping, as well as the English.
Answer
Americas. Hammocks were developed by native inhabitants of the Americas for sleeping, as well as the English. From the Hammock article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Alain Badiou. Alain Badiou 80 · Stress 75 · Dendritic cell 72 · Hammock 69 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.
- It normally consists of one or more cloth panels, or a woven network of twine or thin rope stretched with ropes between two firm anchor points such as trees or posts.
- Hammocks were developed by native inhabitants of the Americas for sleeping, as well as the English.
- Later, they were used aboard ships by sailors to enable comfort and maximize available space, by explorers or soldiers travelling in wooded regions and eventually by parents in the early 1920s for containing babies just learning to crawl.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hammock 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 69 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Hammock
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, Hammock (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wikipediuh, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
