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Uncommon card · History
Oil lamp, an Uncommon card
An oil lamp is a lamp used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-based fuel source.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 80,000
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Oil lamp quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Oil lamp card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A ______ wick drops down into the oil, and is lit at the end, burning the oil as it is drawn up the wick.
Answer
textile. A textile wick drops down into the oil, and is lit at the end, burning the oil as it is drawn up the wick. From the Oil lamp article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Oil lamp. Oil lamp 70 · Classroom 67 · R-60 64 · Double Ninth Festival 60 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 use of oil lamps began thousands of years ago and continues to this day, although their use is less common in modern times.
- They work in the same way as a candle but with fuel that is liquid at room temperature, so that a container for the oil is required.
- A textile wick drops down into the oil, and is lit at the end, burning the oil as it is drawn up the wick.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Oil lamp article was read about 80,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Oil lamp
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 Oil lamp in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- ClassroomUncommon · Science · ATK 67 DEF 57
- Ray GuyUncommon · Society · ATK 68 DEF 56
- Richard HadleeUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 54
- Paper planeUncommon · Science · ATK 71 DEF 53
Card lists
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Oil lamp (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Combirom2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
