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Uncommon card · Society
Shinty, an Uncommon card
Shinty is a team sport played with sticks and a ball.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Shinty quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Shinty card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
While comparisons are made with field hockey, the two games have several important ______.
Answer
differences. While comparisons are made with field hockey, the two games have several important differences. From the Shinty article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Crossword. Crossword 83 · Shinty 72 · Gurdwara 69 · Tertiary education 59 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.
- It is played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and among Highland migrants to the major cities of Scotland.
- The sport was formerly more widespread in Scotland and even played in Northern England into the second half of the 20th century and other areas in the world where Scottish Highlanders migrated.
- While comparisons are made with field hockey, the two games have several important differences.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Shinty article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Shinty
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 Shinty in the power ranking, all domains together.
- CrosswordUncommon · Society · ATK 83 DEF 59
- GurdwaraUncommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 73
- Jason VaritekUncommon · Society · ATK 74 DEF 68
- Tertiary educationUncommon · Society · ATK 59 DEF 83
- Tim AndersonUncommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 69
- Valeri KharlamovUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 71
Card lists
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Shinty (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : en:User:Sologoal, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
