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Uncommon card · Nature
Tropaeolum, an Uncommon card
Tropaeolum, commonly known as nasturtium, is a genus of roughly 80 species of annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 132
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 86,000
Power 132 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Tropaeolum quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Tropaeolum card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ received their common name because they produce an oil similar to that of watercress.
Answer
nasturtiums. The nasturtiums received their common name because they produce an oil similar to that of watercress. From the Tropaeolum article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Edgar Morin. Edgar Morin 75 · Ishikawa Prefecture 71 · Tropaeolum 67 · Spanish moss 63 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.
- It was named by Carl Linnaeus in his book Species Plantarum and is the only genus in the family Tropaeolaceae.
- The nasturtiums received their common name because they produce an oil similar to that of watercress.
- The genus Tropaeolum, native to South and Central America, includes several very popular garden plants, the most common being T. majus, T. peregrinum and T. speciosum.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Tropaeolum article was read about 86,000 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 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Tropaeolum
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 Nature cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Tropaeolum in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Purple martinUncommon · Nature · ATK 66 DEF 66
- Otto Porter Jr.Uncommon · Society · ATK 68 DEF 64
- Edgar MorinUncommon · Science · ATK 75 DEF 57
- AmravatiUncommon · Society · ATK 67 DEF 65
- Cupressus sempervirensUncommon · Nature · ATK 65 DEF 67
- Lucy, Lady Duff-GordonUncommon · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 62
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Tropaeolum (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Osnat Ravid Amir, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
