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Uncommon card · Nature
Swift, an Uncommon card
The Apodidae, or swifts, form a family of highly aerial birds.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 52
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Swift quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Swift card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes along with ______.
Answer
hummingbirds. Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes along with hummingbirds. From the Swift article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Divergence. Divergence 71 · Caninae 66 · Swift 61 · Anthurium 56 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Old World monkey. Old World monkey 230,000 · Swift 150,000 · Chihuahuan Desert 100,000 · Daugava 68,000 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.
- They are superficially similar to swallows but are not closely related to any passerine species.
- Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes along with hummingbirds.
- The treeswifts are closely related to the true swifts but form a separate family, the Hemiprocnidae.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Swift article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 52: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Swift
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 Swift in the power ranking, all domains together.
- CaninaeUncommon · Science · ATK 66 DEF 47
- DivergenceUncommon · Science · ATK 71 DEF 42
- HeapUncommon · Nature · ATK 62 DEF 51
- AnthuriumUncommon · Nature · ATK 56 DEF 57
- AtticaUncommon · History · ATK 64 DEF 49
- BuoyancyUncommon · Science · ATK 69 DEF 44
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, Swift (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Paweł Kuźniar ( Jojo_1 , Jojo ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
