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Iron Dome, a Rare card
The Iron Dome is an Israeli mobile all-weather air defense system, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 450,000
Ranked #752 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Iron Dome quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Iron Dome card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Iron Dome was declared ______ and initially deployed on 27 March 2011 near Beersheba.
Answer
operational. Iron Dome was declared operational and initially deployed on 27 March 2011 near Beersheba. From the Iron Dome article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Golan Heights. Golan Heights 97 · Iron Dome 90 · Democratic-Republican Party 86 · John Hancock 81 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.
- The system is designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells fired from distances of 4 to 70 kilometres away and whose trajectory would take them to an Israeli populated area.
- From 2011 to 2021, the United States contributed a total of US$1.6 billion to the Iron Dome defense system, with another US$1 billion approved by the US Congress in 2022.
- Iron Dome was declared operational and initially deployed on 27 March 2011 near Beersheba.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Iron Dome article was read about 450,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Iron Dome
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Iron Dome (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : IDF Spokesperson's Unit photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
