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Common card · Science
Knife switch, a Common card
A knife switch is a type of switch used to control the flow of electricity in a circuit.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 28
- Power
- 80
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,200
Power 80 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Knife switch quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Knife switch card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Current flows through the switch when the knife is ______ into the jaw.
Answer
pushed. Current flows through the switch when the knife is pushed into the jaw. From the Knife switch article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Timon Haugan. Timon Haugan 60 · Nikephoros I of Constantinople 56 · Knife switch 52 · Section 46 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.
- It is composed of a hinge which allows a metal lever, or knife, to be lifted from or inserted into a slot or jaw.
- The hinge and jaw are both fixed to an insulated base, and the knife has an insulated handle.
- Current flows through the switch when the knife is pushed into the jaw.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Knife switch article was read about 8,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 28: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Knife switch
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 Knife switch in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Health facilityCommon · Science · ATK 52 DEF 28
- Timon HauganCommon · Society · ATK 60 DEF 20
- Arthur ConollyCommon · History · ATK 53 DEF 27
- Alan J. HeegerCommon · Science · ATK 55 DEF 25
- Yoo Hee-kwanCommon · Society · ATK 53 DEF 27
- Battle of HalidzorCommon · History · ATK 48 DEF 32
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Knife switch (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : AYL, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
