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Common card · Nature
Semipalmated plover, a Common card
The semipalmated plover is a small plover.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 93
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,900
Power 93 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Semipalmated plover quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Semipalmated plover card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ semipalmatus is Latin and comes from semi, "half" and palma, "palm".
Answer
specific. The specific semipalmatus is Latin and comes from semi, "half" and palma, "palm". From the Semipalmated plover article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Andres Ambühl. Andres Ambühl 63 · Apis cerana japonica 59 · Tuna 54 · Semipalmated plover 50 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.
- Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate.
- It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys.
- The specific semipalmatus is Latin and comes from semi, "half" and palma, "palm".
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Semipalmated plover article was read about 9,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Semipalmated plover
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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- Andres AmbühlCommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 30
- Poulaphouca ReservoirCommon · Nature · ATK 53 DEF 40
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Semipalmated plover (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Chuck Homler d/b/a Focus On Wildlife, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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