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Uncommon card · Arts
Onager, an Uncommon card
The onager was a Roman torsion-powered siege engine.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 117
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 66,000
Power 117 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Onager quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Onager card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is a type of catapult commonly depicted with a bowl, bucket, or sling at the end of its ______ arm.
Answer
throwing. It is a type of catapult commonly depicted with a bowl, bucket, or sling at the end of its throwing arm. From the Onager article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Henry. Henry 74 · Tim Hardin 71 · London on da Track 66 · Onager 62 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.
- It is a type of catapult commonly depicted with a bowl, bucket, or sling at the end of its throwing arm.
- The onager was first mentioned in 353 AD by Ammianus Marcellinus, who described onagers as the same as a scorpion.
- The onager is often confused with the later mangonel, a "traction trebuchet" that replaced torsion powered siege engines in the 6th century AD.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Onager article was read about 66,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Onager
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, Onager (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
