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Uncommon card · Science
Paperback, an Uncommon card
A paperback book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, also known as wrappers, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 127
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 93,000
Power 127 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Paperback quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Paperback card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Modern paperbacks can be ______ from one another by size.
Answer
differentiated. Modern paperbacks can be differentiated from one another by size. From the Paperback article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Affine space. Affine space 76 · Paperback 73 · Carbon fibers 69 · Broiler 65 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.
- In contrast, hardback books are bound with board covered with cloth, leather, paper, or plastic.
- Inexpensive books bound in paper have existed since at least the 19th century in such forms as pamphlets, yellowbacks and dime novels.
- Modern paperbacks can be differentiated from one another by size.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Paperback article was read about 93,000 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 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Paperback
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.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Paperback in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Lake LadogaUncommon · Nature · ATK 68 DEF 59
- Jamestown, Saint HelenaUncommon · History · ATK 65 DEF 62
- BiographyUncommon · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 57
- René LacosteUncommon · Society · ATK 69 DEF 58
- BirthUncommon · Nature · ATK 67 DEF 60
- Crisis of the late Middle AgesUncommon · History · ATK 69 DEF 58
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Paperback (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Trey Jones, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
