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Epic card · Science
Horseshoe crab, an Epic card
Horseshoe crabs are arthropods of the family Limulidae and the only surviving xiphosurans.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 90
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 570,000
Power 172 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Horseshoe crab quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Horseshoe crab card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The body of a horseshoe crab is divided into three main parts: the ______, abdomen, and telson.
Answer
cephalothorax. The body of a horseshoe crab is divided into three main parts: the cephalothorax, abdomen, and telson. From the Horseshoe crab article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of popes. List of popes 95 · Neutron star 89 · Black Friday 86 · Horseshoe crab 82 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
List of popes. List of popes 1,300,000 · Black Friday 770,000 · Horseshoe crab 570,000 · PCI Express 430,000 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.
- Despite their name, they are not crabs or even crustaceans, they are chelicerates, more closely related to arachnids like spiders, ticks, and scorpions.
- The body of a horseshoe crab is divided into three main parts: the cephalothorax, abdomen, and telson.
- The largest of these, the cephalothorax, houses most of the animal's eyes, limbs, and internal organs.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Horseshoe crab article was read about 570,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 90: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Horseshoe 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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- Victoria, Princess RoyalEpic · History · ATK 84 DEF 88
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- Jean SebergEpic · Arts · ATK 77 DEF 95
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Horseshoe crab (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Shubham Chatterjee, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
