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Epic card · Science
Iron lung, an Epic card
An iron lung is negative pressure ventilator and mechanical respirator which encloses most of the patient's body.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 770,000
Ranked #1,712 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Iron lung quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Iron lung card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The air pressure inside the ______ space stimulates breathing.
Answer
enclosed. The air pressure inside the enclosed space stimulates breathing. From the Iron lung article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Moment of inertia. Moment of inertia 84 · Asteroid family 81 · Iron lung 76 · Computer hardware 73 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Miriam Adelson. Miriam Adelson 1,100,000 · Iron lung 770,000 · Astronomical spectroscopy 21,000 · Agricultural pollution 15,000 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.
- The air pressure inside the enclosed space stimulates breathing.
- The device is used to assist breathing when muscle control is lost.
- This treatment was historically helpful for polio and botulism, and for counteracting the effects of barbiturates and tubocurarine.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Iron lung article was read about 770,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Iron lung
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 Iron lung in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Emperor MeijiEpic · History · ATK 78 DEF 83
Card lists
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Iron lung (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Photo Credit: Content Providers(s): CDC/GHO/Mary Hilpertshauser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
