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Tropic of Capricorn, an Uncommon card
The Tropic of Capricorn is the circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point at the December solstice.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 52
- Power
- 117
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 117 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Tropic of Capricorn quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Tropic of Capricorn card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is thus the ______ latitude where the Sun can be seen directly overhead.
Answer
southernmost. It is thus the southernmost latitude where the Sun can be seen directly overhead. From the Tropic of Capricorn article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Rod Brind'Amour. Rod Brind'Amour 73 · Imaginary unit 69 · Tropic of Capricorn 65 · Chevrolet Trailblazer 61 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Rod Brind'Amour. Rod Brind'Amour 810,000 · Tropic of Capricorn 130,000 · The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 100,000 · Asthenosphere 58,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 is thus the southernmost latitude where the Sun can be seen directly overhead.
- Similarly, at the latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn, at solar midnight on the June solstice, the Sun will be 90 degrees below the horizon in all directions.
- The Tropic of Capricorn is one of the five major circles of latitude marked on maps of Earth.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Tropic of Capricorn article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 52: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Tropic of Capricorn
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, Tropic of Capricorn (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Thesevenseas ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
