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Rare card · Society
Tamale, a Rare card
A tamale or tamal is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa, a dough made from nixtamalized corn, which is steamed in a corn husk or banana leaves.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 155
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 260,000
Power 155 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Tamale quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Tamale card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Tamale is an ______ version of the Spanish word tamal.
Answer
anglicized. Tamale is an anglicized version of the Spanish word tamal. From the Tamale article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Sports betting. Sports betting 81 · Tamale 76 · Cherry 73 · Imam 69 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.
- The wrapping can either be discarded prior to eating or used as a plate.
- Tamales can be filled with meats, cheeses, fruits, vegetables, herbs, chilies, or any preparation according to taste, and both the filling and the cooking liquid may be seasoned.
- Tamale is an anglicized version of the Spanish word tamal.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Tamale article was read about 260,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Tamale
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 Tamale in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Charles BaudelaireRare · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 80
- Classical elementRare · Science · ATK 75 DEF 80
- LuandaRare · Society · ATK 79 DEF 76
- Corinne Bailey RaeRare · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 80
- Marat SafinRare · History · ATK 76 DEF 79
- Novaya ZemlyaRare · Nature · ATK 73 DEF 82
Card lists
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Tamale (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Georgina Meneses, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
