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Uncommon card · History
Tiger stripe camouflage, an Uncommon card
Tiger stripe is the name of a group of camouflage patterns developed for close-range use in dense jungle during jungle warfare by the South Vietnamese Armed Forces and adopted in late 1962 to early 1963 by US Special Forces during the Vietnam War.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 125
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 48,000
Power 125 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Tiger stripe camouflage quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Tiger stripe camouflage card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It derives its name from its ______ to a tiger's stripes.
Answer
resemblance. It derives its name from its resemblance to a tiger's stripes. From the Tiger stripe camouflage article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Annales school. Annales school 73 · Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey 70 · Alexander Mackenzie 66 · Tiger stripe camouflage 62 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.
- During and after the Vietnam War, the pattern was adopted by several other Asian countries.
- It derives its name from its resemblance to a tiger's stripes.
- It features narrow stripes that look like brush-strokes of green and brown, and broader brush-strokes of black printed over a lighter shade of olive or khaki.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Tiger stripe camouflage article was read about 48,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Tiger stripe camouflage
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Tiger stripe camouflage (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Trios2007, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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