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Powder keg, a Common card
A powder keg is a barrel of gunpowder. The powder keg was the primary method for storing and transporting large quantities of black powder until the 1870s and the adoption of the modern cased cartridge.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 42
- DEF
- 21
- Power
- 63
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,700
Power 63 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Powder keg quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Powder keg card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Today they are valued as ______.
Answer
collectibles. Today they are valued as collectibles. From the Powder keg article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A powder keg is a barrel of gunpowder. The powder keg was the primary method for storing and transporting large quantities of black powder until the ____s and the adoption of the modern cased cartridge.
Answer
1870s. A powder keg is a barrel of gunpowder. The powder keg was the primary method for storing and transporting large quantities of black powder until the 1870s and the adoption of the modern cased cartridge. From the Powder keg article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Li Ruihuan. Li Ruihuan 51 · Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft 48 · Powder keg 42 · Sydney T. Ellis 39 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.
- The barrels had to be handled with care, since a spark or other source of heat could cause the contents to deflagrate.
- In practical use, powder kegs were small casks to limit damage from accidental explosions.
- Today they are valued as collectibles.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Powder keg article was read about 8,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 42 and blocks with 21: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get Powder keg
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Powder keg (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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