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Rare card · Nature
Hermit crab, a Rare card
Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged gastropod shells to protect their fragile abdomens.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 156
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 220,000
Power 156 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Hermit crab quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hermit crab card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The strong association between hermit crabs and their ______ has significantly influenced their biology.
Answer
shelters. The strong association between hermit crabs and their shelters has significantly influenced their biology. From the Hermit crab article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Immortality. Immortality 84 · Luoyang 77 · Hermit crab 74 · Noma 71 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.
- There are over 800 species of hermit crab, most of which possess an asymmetric abdomen concealed by a snug-fitting shell.
- Hermit crabs' soft abdominal exoskeleton means they must occupy shelter produced by other organisms or risk being defenseless.
- The strong association between hermit crabs and their shelters has significantly influenced their biology.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hermit crab article was read about 220,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Hermit crab
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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The cards just above and just below Hermit crab in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- NomaRare · Society · ATK 71 DEF 85
- SetRare · Society · ATK 76 DEF 80
- Aix-en-ProvenceRare · Society · ATK 78 DEF 78
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hermit crab (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
