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Houndshark, a Common card
The Triakidae or houndsharks are a family of ground sharks, consisting of about 40 species in nine genera.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 45
- DEF
- 17
- Power
- 62
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 62 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
Houndshark quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Houndshark card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They are small to medium in size, ______ from 37 to 220 cm in adult length.
Answer
ranging. They are small to medium in size, ranging from 37 to 220 cm in adult length. From the Houndshark article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Fold mountains. Fold mountains 19,000 · Houndshark 13,000 · Furry lobster 9,900 · Launsina rubropurpurata 40 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.
- In some classifications, the family is split into two subfamilies, with the genera Mustelus, Scylliogaleus and Triakis in the subfamily Triakinae, and the remainders in the subfamily Galeorhininae.
- Houndsharks are distinguished by possessing two large, spineless dorsal fins, an anal fin and oval eyes with nictitating eyelids.
- They are small to medium in size, ranging from 37 to 220 cm in adult length.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Houndshark article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 45 and blocks with 17: each hit it takes is cut by 7 %.
How to get Houndshark
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, Houndshark (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mfield , Matthew Field, www.photography.mattfield.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
