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Rare card · Science
Steam locomotive, a Rare card
A steam locomotive, also known as an iron horse, is a type of locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 156
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 270,000
Ranked #1,478 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is fuelled by burning combustible material to heat water in the locomotive's boiler to the point where it becomes gaseous and its volume increases 1,600 to 1,700 times.
- Functionally, it is a self-propelled steam engine on wheels.
- In most locomotives the steam is admitted alternately to each end of its cylinders in which pistons are mechanically connected to the locomotive's main wheels.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Steam locomotive article was read about 270,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Steam locomotive
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Steam locomotive (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : PTG Dudva, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
