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Rare card · Nature
Tsetse fly, a Rare card
Tsetse flies are large biting flies that inhabit much of tropical Africa.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 220,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Tsetse fly quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Tsetse fly card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Tsetse flies have been extensively studied because of their role in ______ disease.
Answer
transmitting. Tsetse flies have been extensively studied because of their role in transmitting disease. From the Tsetse fly article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Xiamen. Xiamen 90 · Tsetse fly 84 · Disney's Hollywood Studios 81 · Gypsum 75 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria 290,000 · Tsetse fly 220,000 · Cell membrane 160,000 · Australian feral camel 100,000 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.
- Tsetse flies include all the species in the genus Glossina, which are placed in their own family, Glossinidae.
- The tsetse is an obligate parasite that lives by feeding on the blood of vertebrate animals.
- Tsetse flies have been extensively studied because of their role in transmitting disease.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Tsetse fly article was read about 220,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Tsetse fly
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 Tsetse fly in the power ranking, all domains together.
- MicaRare · Science · ATK 75 DEF 82
- Pierre BourdieuRare · Science · ATK 84 DEF 73
- HallucinationRare · Science · ATK 81 DEF 76
- Air quality indexRare · Arts · ATK 80 DEF 77
- XiamenRare · Society · ATK 90 DEF 67
- Disney's Hollywood StudiosRare · Nature · ATK 81 DEF 76
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Tsetse fly (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alan R Walker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
