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Uncommon card · Nature
Illicium verum, an Uncommon card
Illicium verum is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to South China and northeast Vietnam.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 118
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 160,000
Power 118 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Illicium verum quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Illicium verum card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Its ______ production country is China, followed by Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries.
Answer
primary. Its primary production country is China, followed by Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. From the Illicium verum article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Dolomites. Dolomites 550,000 · Beaufort scale 390,000 · Illicium verum 160,000 · Tar River spinymussel 490 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.
- Its star-shaped pericarp fruits harvested just before ripening are a spice that closely resembles anise in flavor.
- Its primary production country is China, followed by Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries.
- Star anise oil is highly fragrant, used in cooking, perfumery, soaps, toothpastes, mouthwashes, and skin creams.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Illicium verum article was read about 160,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Illicium verum
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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- LagoonUncommon · Nature · ATK 64 DEF 54
- Stella AdlerUncommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 50
- ChartreuseUncommon · Science · ATK 60 DEF 58
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Illicium verum (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
