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Uncommon card · Science
Jacob's staff, an Uncommon card
Jacob's staff is a measuring tool with several variations. It is also known as cross-staff, a ballastella, a fore-staff, a ballestilla, or a balestilha.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 121
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 121 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Jacob's staff quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jacob's staff card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Most staffs are much more complicated than that, and usually contain a number of measurement and ______ features.
Answer
stabilization. Most staffs are much more complicated than that, and usually contain a number of measurement and stabilization features. From the Jacob's staff article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Copy protection. Copy protection 78 · Max Delbrück 68 · Octave Chanute 65 · Jacob's staff 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.
- In its most basic form, a Jacob's staff is a stick or pole with length markings, often with a smaller segment attached perpendicularly.
- The simplest use of a Jacob's staff is to make qualitative judgements of the height and angle of an object relative to the user of the staff.
- Most staffs are much more complicated than that, and usually contain a number of measurement and stabilization features.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jacob's staff article was read about 17,000 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 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Jacob's staff
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.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Jacob's staff in the power ranking, all domains together.
- ForgettingUncommon · History · ATK 69 DEF 52
- Frederick RolfeUncommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 52
- Hazardous Materials Identification SystemUncommon · Science · ATK 62 DEF 59
- Lickey InclineUncommon · Society · ATK 65 DEF 56
- Long-tailed chinchillaUncommon · Nature · ATK 60 DEF 61
- Pieter ZeemanUncommon · Science · ATK 64 DEF 57
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jacob's staff (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Museo Galileo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
