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Rare card · Science
Petroleum jelly, a Rare card
Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, white petrolatum, soft paraffin, or multi-hydrocarbon, CAS number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons, commonly promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 125
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 250,000
Power 125 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Petroleum jelly quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Petroleum jelly card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Vaseline has been the ______ brand of petroleum jelly sold since 1870.
Answer
dominant. Vaseline has been the dominant brand of petroleum jelly sold since 1870. From the Petroleum jelly article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lathe. Lathe 75 · Hedda Gabler 71 · Petroleum jelly 68 · ODR4 57 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Stockton Rush. Stockton Rush 400,000 · Petroleum jelly 250,000 · Calcium hydroxide 190,000 · ODR4 56 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.
- Vaseline has been the dominant brand of petroleum jelly sold since 1870.
- After petroleum jelly became a medicine cabinet staple, consumers began to use it for cosmetic purposes and for many ailments including toenail fungus, genital rashes, nosebleeds, diaper rash, and common colds.
- Its folkloric medicinal value as a "cure-all" has since been limited by a better scientific understanding of appropriate and inappropriate uses.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Petroleum jelly article was read about 250,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Petroleum jelly
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, Petroleum jelly (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Kiyok, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
