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Rare card · Science
Polaris, a Rare card
Polaris is a yellow supergiant star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 470,000
Ranked #717 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Polaris quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Polaris card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is ______ α Ursae Minoris and is commonly called the North Star.
Answer
designated. It is designated α Ursae Minoris and is commonly called the North Star. From the Polaris article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Frankfurt. Frankfurt 95 · Central Asia 91 · Hank Aaron 86 · Polaris 81 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 designated α Ursae Minoris and is commonly called the North Star.
- With an apparent magnitude that fluctuates around 1.98, it is the brightest star in the constellation and is readily visible to the naked eye at night.
- The position of the star lies less than 1° away from the north celestial pole, making it the current northern pole star.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Polaris article was read about 470,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Polaris
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 Polaris in the power ranking, all domains together.
- HuguenotsRare · Society · ATK 89 DEF 92
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- Robert A. HeinleinRare · Arts · ATK 90 DEF 91
- Hank AaronRare · Society · ATK 86 DEF 95
- Tyre, LebanonRare · History · ATK 84 DEF 97
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Polaris (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ursa Minor constellation map.png : Torsten Bronger / derivative work: Kxx, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
