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Marimba, an Uncommon card
The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 141 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Marimba quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Marimba card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Compared to the ______, the marimba has a lower range.
Answer
xylophone. Compared to the xylophone, the marimba has a lower range. From the Marimba article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hapkido. Hapkido 80 · List of HTTP header fields 76 · Marimba 73 · Astrid Kirchherr 70 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.
- Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound.
- Compared to the xylophone, the marimba has a lower range.
- Typically, the bars of a marimba are arranged chromatically, like the keys of a piano.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Marimba article was read about 140,000 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 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Marimba
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Marimba in the power ranking, all domains together.
- HapkidoUncommon · Arts · ATK 80 DEF 61
- Lake TobaUncommon · Science · ATK 70 DEF 71
- List of HTTP header fieldsUncommon · Science · ATK 76 DEF 65
- Thomas PikettyUncommon · Science · ATK 75 DEF 66
- TotalBiscuitUncommon · Society · ATK 75 DEF 66
- Yaroslav the WiseUncommon · History · ATK 71 DEF 70
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Marimba (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Marimbaone, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
