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Uncommon card · History
Hand axe, an Uncommon card
A hand axe is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 175
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 51,000
Power 175 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Hand axe quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hand axe card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Their technical name comes from the fact that the ______ model is a generally bifacial and almond-shaped lithic flake.
Answer
archetypical. Their technical name comes from the fact that the archetypical model is a generally bifacial and almond-shaped lithic flake. From the Hand axe article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Croatia. History of Croatia 91 · Hand axe 86 · Proposed Israeli resettlement of the Gaza Strip 82 · Hungarian invasions of Europe 78 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 is made from stone, usually flint or chert that has been "reduced" and shaped from a larger piece by knapping, or hitting against another stone.
- They are characteristic of the lower Acheulean and middle Palaeolithic periods, roughly 1.6 million years ago to about 100,000 years ago, and used by Homo erectus and other early humans, but rarely by Homo sapiens.
- Their technical name comes from the fact that the archetypical model is a generally bifacial and almond-shaped lithic flake.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hand axe article was read about 51,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Hand axe
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hand axe (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : John Frere, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
