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Pollarding, an Uncommon card
Pollarding is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 62,000
Power 114 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Pollarding quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pollarding card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In ancient Rome, ______ mentioned pollarding during the 1st century BCE.
Answer
Propertius. In ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollarding during the 1st century BCE. From the Pollarding article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Clostridium. Clostridium 67 · Plant stem 64 · Pollarding 60 · Chrysalidocarpus lutescens 56 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 ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollarding during the 1st century BCE.
- The practice has been common in Europe since medieval times, and today is used in urban areas worldwide, primarily to maintain trees at a determined height or to place new shoots out of the reach of grazing animals.
- In the past, people pollarded trees for fodder to feed livestock or for wood.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pollarding article was read about 62,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Pollarding
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, Pollarding (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. Charles01 assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
