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Rare card · Nature
Tuatara, a Rare card
The tuatara is a species of reptile endemic to New Zealand.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 370,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Tuatara quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Tuatara card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The name tuatara is derived from the Māori ______ and means "peaks on the back".
Answer
language. The name tuatara is derived from the Māori language and means "peaks on the back". From the Tuatara article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Thought. Thought 87 · Tuatara 84 · Air China 79 · Hantavirus 76 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.
- Despite its close resemblance to lizards, it is the only extant member of a distinct lineage, the previously highly diverse order Rhynchocephalia.
- The name tuatara is derived from the Māori language and means "peaks on the back".
- The single extant species of tuatara is the only surviving member of its order, which was highly diverse during the Mesozoic era.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Tuatara article was read about 370,000 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 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Tuatara
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, Tuatara (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Sid Mosdell from New Zealand, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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