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Epic card · Science
Sirius, an Epic card
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, located in the southern constellation of Canis Major.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 670,000
Ranked #494 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Sirius quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sirius card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Its name is derived from the ______ Greek word Σείριος.
Answer
Ancient. Its name is derived from the Ancient Greek word Σείριος. From the Sirius article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Indigenous peoples of the Americas 96 · Galaxy 91 · Anthony Fauci 88 · Sirius 85 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Anthony Fauci. Anthony Fauci 1,400,000 · Boeing 747 1,100,000 · Meningitis 850,000 · Sirius 670,000 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.
- Its name is derived from the Ancient Greek word Σείριος.
- The star is designated α Canis Majoris, Romanized to Alpha Canis Majoris, and abbreviated α CMa or Alpha CMa.
- With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, Sirius is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sirius article was read about 670,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Sirius
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Sirius in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Telugu languageEpic · Society · ATK 89 DEF 95
- OrangutanEpic · Nature · ATK 86 DEF 98
- ParthenonEpic · History · ATK 89 DEF 95
- Golden Gate BridgeEpic · Arts · ATK 89 DEF 95
- Indigenous peoples of the AmericasEpic · Society · ATK 96 DEF 88
- JellyfishEpic · Nature · ATK 88 DEF 96
Card lists
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sirius (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Canis_major_constellation_map.png : Torsten Bronger . derivative work: Kxx ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
