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Uncommon card · Science
Hydra, an Uncommon card
Hydra is the largest of the 88 modern constellations, measuring 1303 square degrees, and also the longest at over 100 degrees.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 127
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 64,000
Power 127 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Hydra quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hydra card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Commonly represented as a water snake, it straddles the ______ equator.
Answer
celestial. Commonly represented as a water snake, it straddles the celestial equator. From the Hydra article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Hydra is the largest of the 88 modern constellations, measuring ____ square degrees, and also the longest at over 100 degrees.
Answer
1300s. Hydra is the largest of the 88 modern constellations, measuring 1303 square degrees, and also the longest at over 100 degrees. From the Hydra article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Meyer Shank Racing. Meyer Shank Racing 78 · Mains electricity 71 · Band gap 67 · Hydra 62 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.
- Its southern end borders Libra and Centaurus and its northern end borders Cancer.
- It was included among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy.
- Commonly represented as a water snake, it straddles the celestial equator.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hydra article was read about 64,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Hydra
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 Hydra in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Meyer Shank RacingUncommon · Society · ATK 78 DEF 49
- Abdul Halim of KedahUncommon · History · ATK 68 DEF 59
- Jean-Baptiste ColbertUncommon · History · ATK 68 DEF 59
- Diana DeGarmoUncommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 56
- Digital signal processorUncommon · Science · ATK 69 DEF 58
- Dry dockUncommon · Science · ATK 66 DEF 61
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hydra (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
