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Uncommon card · Science
Rigel, an Uncommon card
Rigel is a blue supergiant star in the equatorial constellation of Orion.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 160,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Rigel quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Rigel card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This system is located at a ______ of approximately 850 light-years.
Answer
distance. This system is located at a distance of approximately 850 light-years. From the Rigel article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
History of Europe. History of Europe 220,000 · Rigel 160,000 · Americium 120,000 · Samarium 92,000 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.
- It has the Bayer designation β Orionis, which is Latinized to Beta Orionis and abbreviated Beta Ori or β Ori.
- Rigel is the brightest and most massive component – and the eponym – of a star system of at least four stars that appear as a single blue-white point of light to the naked eye.
- This system is located at a distance of approximately 850 light-years.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Rigel article was read about 160,000 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 Rigel
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 Rigel in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Ethan AllenUncommon · History · ATK 82 DEF 99
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- PadmasambhavaUncommon · Arts · ATK 81 DEF 100
- Ronald FisherUncommon · Science · ATK 84 DEF 97
- Talaat PashaUncommon · History · ATK 83 DEF 98
- Aq QoyunluUncommon · History · ATK 82 DEF 99
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Rigel (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Orion_constellation_map.png : Torsten Bronger derivative work: Kxx ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
