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Uncommon card · Science
Nerve agent, an Uncommon card
Nerve agents, sometimes also called nerve gases, are a class of organic chemicals that disrupt the mechanisms by which nerves transfer messages to organs.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 76
- Power
- 156
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 156 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Nerve agent quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Nerve agent card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Nerve agents are ______ acetylcholinesterase inhibitors used as poison.
Answer
irreversible. Nerve agents are irreversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitors used as poison. From the Nerve agent article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Sonar. Sonar 86 · Nerve agent 80 · Pickup truck 74 · Louis Braille 71 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.
- The disruption is caused by the blocking of acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter.
- Nerve agents are irreversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitors used as poison.
- Poisoning by a nerve agent leads to constriction of pupils, profuse salivation, convulsions, and involuntary urination and defecation, with the first symptoms appearing in seconds after exposure.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nerve agent article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 76: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Nerve agent
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Nerve agent (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Valentin Müller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
