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Taraxacum, a Rare card
Taraxacum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae which consists of species commonly known as dandelions.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 290,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Taraxacum quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Taraxacum card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ and hobby study of the genus is known as taraxacology.
Answer
scientific. The scientific and hobby study of the genus is known as taraxacology. From the Taraxacum article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
John Dewey. John Dewey 87 · Asus 84 · Lizard 81 · Taraxacum 78 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 scientific and hobby study of the genus is known as taraxacology.
- The genus has a near-cosmopolitan distribution, absent only from tropical and polar areas.
- Two of the most common species worldwide, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are European species introduced into North America, where they are non native.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Taraxacum article was read about 290,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Taraxacum
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The cards just above and just below Taraxacum in the power ranking, all domains together.
- John DeweyRare · Science · ATK 87 DEF 87
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- José MujicaRare · History · ATK 82 DEF 92
- Andean condorRare · Nature · ATK 78 DEF 96
- AsusRare · Society · ATK 84 DEF 90
- Carbon monoxideRare · Science · ATK 81 DEF 93
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Taraxacum (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
