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Helicoprion, an Uncommon card
Helicoprion is an extinct genus of large shark-like cartilaginous fish that lived from the Early to the Middle Permian, about 290-270 million years ago.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Helicoprion quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Helicoprion card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Helicoprion was first named in ____ by Alexander Karpinsky on the basis of fossils discovered in Russia and Australia, the generic name meaning "spiral saw".
Answer
1890s. Helicoprion was first named in 1899 by Alexander Karpinsky on the basis of fossils discovered in Russia and Australia, the generic name meaning "spiral saw". From the Helicoprion article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Kyoto Protocol. Kyoto Protocol 91 · K'gari 87 · San Diego Zoo 84 · Helicoprion 80 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.
- Helicoprion is a member of the Eugeneodontiformes, an extinct order of cartilaginous fish within the clade Holocephali, a group today represented only by chimaeras.
- It is also the type genus of the Helicoprionidae, a family of eugeneodonts characterised by distinctive tooth structures called tooth whorls.
- Helicoprion was first named in 1899 by Alexander Karpinsky on the basis of fossils discovered in Russia and Australia, the generic name meaning "spiral saw".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Helicoprion article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Helicoprion
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Helicoprion (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : James St. John, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
