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Trochilus, a Common card
The trochilus or trochilos, sometimes called the crocodile bird, is a legendary bird, first described by Herodotus, and later by Aristotle, Pliny, and Aelian, which was supposed to have enjoyed a symbiotic relationship with the Nile crocodile: it was said to pick leeches from the crocodile's throat by Herodotus, and…
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 119
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Ranked #2,162 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The trochilus has subsequently been spuriously identified with several bird species endemic to the Nile valley.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Trochilus article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Trochilus
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, Trochilus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Henry Scherren, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
