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Uncommon card · Science
Mattock, an Uncommon card
A mattock is a hand tool used for digging, prying, and chopping.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 53
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 96 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Mattock quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mattock card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A cutter mattock is similar to a ______ used in fighting fires.
Answer
Pulaski. A cutter mattock is similar to a Pulaski used in fighting fires. From the Mattock article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lunar calendar. Lunar calendar 60 · Anna Menon 57 · Mattock 53 · SLP adaptor and CSK interacting membrane protein 50 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Lunar calendar. Lunar calendar 190,000 · Mattock 140,000 · Horsehead Nebula 83,000 · SLP adaptor and CSK interacting membrane protein 110 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.
- Similar to the pickaxe, it has a long handle and a stout head which combines either a vertical axe blade with a horizontal adze, or a pick and an adze.
- A cutter mattock is similar to a Pulaski used in fighting fires.
- It is also commonly known in North America as a "grub axe", in New Zealand it is often simply called an "adze".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mattock 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 53 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Mattock
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 Mattock in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Flash floodUncommon · Nature · ATK 62 DEF 34
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- Edward Windsor, Lord DownpatrickUncommon · Arts · ATK 56 DEF 40
- EquidaeUncommon · Nature · ATK 55 DEF 41
- Krayzie BoneUncommon · Arts · ATK 59 DEF 37
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mattock (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Stemonitis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
