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Hydra, a Rare card
Hydra is a genus of small freshwater hydrozoans in the phylum Cnidaria.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 152
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 250,000
Power 152 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % 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
They are solitary, carnivorous jellyfish-like animals, native to the ______ and tropical regions.
Answer
temperate. They are solitary, carnivorous jellyfish-like animals, native to the temperate and tropical regions. From the Hydra article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The genus was named by Linnaeus in ____ after the Hydra, the mythical many-headed beast that was defeated by Heracles, as when the animal has a part severed, it will regenerate much like the mythical Hydra's heads.
Answer
1750s. The genus was named by Linnaeus in 1758 after the Hydra, the mythical many-headed beast that was defeated by Heracles, as when the animal has a part severed, it will regenerate much like the mythical Hydra's heads. From the Hydra article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cyrtodactylus. Cyrtodactylus 86 · Oyster 80 · Hydra 75 · Quark 72 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.
- They are solitary, carnivorous jellyfish-like animals, native to the temperate and tropical regions.
- The genus was named by Linnaeus in 1758 after the Hydra, the mythical many-headed beast that was defeated by Heracles, as when the animal has a part severed, it will regenerate much like the mythical Hydra's heads.
- Biologists are especially interested in Hydra because of their regenerative ability, they do not appear to die of old age, or to age at all.
Why it is Rare
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 250,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
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.
- OysterRare · Nature · ATK 80 DEF 72
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- QuarkRare · Society · ATK 72 DEF 80
- Indra NooyiRare · Society · ATK 76 DEF 76
- Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesRare · Arts · ATK 74 DEF 78
- David SacksRare · History · ATK 74 DEF 78
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hydra (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Flatters & Co. (photograph), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
