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Kharg Island, a Legendary card
Kharg Island, also spelled Khark Island and often referred to as the "Forbidden Island", is a continental island of Iran in the Persian Gulf.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 90
- Power
- 163
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,300,000
Ranked #1,653 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Kharg Island quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kharg Island card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The island is 25 kilometres off the coast of Iran and 660 kilometres northwest of the ______ of Hormuz.
Answer
Strait. The island is 25 kilometres off the coast of Iran and 660 kilometres northwest of the Strait of Hormuz. From the Kharg Island article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
English Channel. English Channel 84 · Arab culture 79 · Sedimentary basin 76 · Kharg Island 73 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Kharg Island. Kharg Island 1,300,000 · Arab culture 38,000 · Sedimentary basin 24,000 · Primulaceae 19,000 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 island is 25 kilometres off the coast of Iran and 660 kilometres northwest of the Strait of Hormuz.
- Administered by the adjacent coastal Bushehr Province, Kharg Island provides a sea port for the export of up to 90% of Iran's oil products, as well as supplying storage for up to 30 million barrels of oil.
- The island lies close to several offshore oil fields, including the Faridun, Darius, Cyrus, and Ardašir fields.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kharg Island article was read about 1,300,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 90: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Kharg Island
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kharg Island (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Johnson Space Center, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
