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Maglev, a Rare card
Maglev is a system of rail transport whose rolling stock is levitated by magnets rather than rolled on wheels.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 300,000
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Maglev quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Maglev card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Maglev trains have set several speed ______.
Answer
records. Maglev trains have set several speed records. From the Maglev article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Maglev. Maglev 90 · Galway 85 · Graphics processing unit 81 · David Dobrik 78 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.
- Compared to conventional railways, maglev trains can have higher top speeds, superior acceleration and deceleration, lower maintenance costs, improved gradient handling, and lower noise.
- However, they are more expensive to build, cannot use existing infrastructure, and use more energy at high speeds.
- Maglev trains have set several speed records.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Maglev article was read about 300,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Maglev
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 Maglev in the power ranking, all domains together.
- MirRare · Science · ATK 88 DEF 81
- PineRare · Nature · ATK 83 DEF 86
- Wes WelkerRare · Society · ATK 90 DEF 79
- Maya MooreRare · Society · ATK 87 DEF 82
- Graphics processing unitRare · Science · ATK 81 DEF 88
- Great Pacific Garbage PatchRare · Nature · ATK 80 DEF 89
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Maglev (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Saruno Hirobano, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
