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Porlock Weir, a Common card
Porlock Weir is a harbour settlement approximately 1.5 miles west of the inland village of Porlock in Somerset, England.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 46
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 76
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,500
Power 76 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Porlock Weir quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Porlock Weir card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
"Porlock" comes from the Old English port loca, meaning an ______ near a harbour.
Answer
enclosure. "Porlock" comes from the Old English port loca, meaning an enclosure near a harbour. From the Porlock Weir article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jim Carlen. Jim Carlen 59 · Curt Giles 55 · Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania 50 · Porlock Weir 46 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.
- "Porlock" comes from the Old English port loca, meaning an enclosure near a harbour.
- Porlock Weir refers to the salmon stakes and traps that were situated along the shore.
- Like most ports in West Somerset, the harbour is tidal, is home to a small flotilla of yachts, and is visited by many more in spring and summer.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Porlock Weir article was read about 7,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 46 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Porlock Weir
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 Society cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Porlock Weir in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Curt GilesCommon · Society · ATK 55 DEF 21
- The Roosevelt InnCommon · Society · ATK 45 DEF 31
- Chalk lineCommon · Science · ATK 46 DEF 30
- Upper Black Eddy, PennsylvaniaCommon · Society · ATK 50 DEF 26
- Vaal University of TechnologyCommon · Society · ATK 49 DEF 27
- Eric "Ricky" McKinnieCommon · Arts · ATK 52 DEF 24
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Porlock Weir (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
