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Uncommon card · Nature
Swale, an Uncommon card
A swale is a shady spot, or a sunken or marshy place. In US usage in particular, it is a shallow channel with gently sloping sides.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 46
- DEF
- 26
- Power
- 72
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 34,000
Power 72 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
Swale quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Swale card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Such a swale may be either ______ or human-made.
Answer
natural. Such a swale may be either natural or human-made. From the Swale article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hanns Zischler. Hanns Zischler 58 · Heterothermy 49 · Swale 46 · Goodenia pumilio 42 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Cobra. Cobra 150,000 · Swale 34,000 · Heterothermy 8,900 · Goodenia pumilio 150 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.
- Such a swale may be either natural or human-made.
- Artificial swales are often infiltration basins, designed to manage water runoff, filter pollutants, and increase rainwater infiltration.
- Bioswales are swales that involve the inclusion of plants or vegetation in their construction, specifically.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Swale article was read about 34,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 46 and blocks with 26: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Swale
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 Nature cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Swale in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Hanns ZischlerUncommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 14
- FunnelUncommon · Society · ATK 46 DEF 26
- Nicholas BullenUncommon · Arts · ATK 53 DEF 19
- Virgilio Barco VargasUncommon · History · ATK 54 DEF 18
- The HeadhuntersUncommon · Arts · ATK 53 DEF 19
- Ernesto Álvarez MirandaUncommon · History · ATK 51 DEF 21
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Nature cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Swale (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
