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Thomas Say, a Common card
Thomas Say was an American entomologist, conchologist, and herpetologist.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,200
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas Say quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas Say card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Say has been called the father of ______ descriptive entomology and American conchology.
Answer
American. Say has been called the father of American descriptive entomology and American conchology. From the Thomas Say article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Thomas Say. Thomas Say 67 · Mohammed Helmy 62 · Wið færstice 59 · Iris ensata 53 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.
- His studies of insects and shells, numerous contributions to scientific journals, and scientific expeditions to Florida, Georgia, the Rocky Mountains, Mexico, and elsewhere made him an internationally known naturalist.
- Say has been called the father of American descriptive entomology and American conchology.
- He served as librarian for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, curator at the American Philosophical Society, and professor of natural history at the University of Pennsylvania.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas Say article was read about 8,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Thomas Say
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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The cards just above and just below Thomas Say in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Dorothy HymanCommon · Society · ATK 62 DEF 41
- Marino MariniCommon · Arts · ATK 59 DEF 44
- Sunny MurrayCommon · Arts · ATK 64 DEF 39
- Iris ensataCommon · Nature · ATK 53 DEF 50
- Richard R. SchrockCommon · Science · ATK 61 DEF 42
- Haemophilia CCommon · Science · ATK 57 DEF 46
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thomas Say (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Joseph Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
