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Uncommon card · Nature
Landspout, an Uncommon card
A landspout is a type of tornado not associated with a rotating mesocyclone.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 97
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 60,000
Power 97 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Landspout quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Landspout card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Atmospheric scientist Howard Bluestein coined the term in ____ because these columns of air resemble weak Florida Keys waterspouts occurring over land.
Answer
1980s. Atmospheric scientist Howard Bluestein coined the term in 1985 because these columns of air resemble weak Florida Keys waterspouts occurring over land. From the Landspout article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
An American Tragedy. An American Tragedy 63 · Juan de Fuca plate 59 · Landspout 55 · Bulb 51 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Lime. Lime 180,000 · Booby 140,000 · Ectotherm 82,000 · Landspout 60,000 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.
- Atmospheric scientist Howard Bluestein coined the term in 1985 because these columns of air resemble weak Florida Keys waterspouts occurring over land.
- Unlike classic supercell tornadoes, landspouts form during the growth stage of a developing convective cloud as ground-level rotation is pulled upward, making them generally weaker and short-lived.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Landspout article was read about 60,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Landspout
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 Landspout in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Josh TreacyUncommon · Society · ATK 61 DEF 36
- An American TragedyUncommon · Arts · ATK 63 DEF 34
- Tom HallUncommon · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 35
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Landspout (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Delias Weather, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
