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Uncommon card · History
USS Iowa, an Uncommon card
USS Iowa was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-1890s.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 44,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
USS Iowa quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the USS Iowa card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Iowa was designed to operate on the high seas, which had been the impetus to increase the ______.
Answer
freeboard. Iowa was designed to operate on the high seas, which had been the impetus to increase the freeboard. From the USS Iowa article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
USS Iowa was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-____s.
Answer
1890s. USS Iowa was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-1890s. From the USS Iowa article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Death and state funeral of Jiang Zemin. Death and state funeral of Jiang Zemin 84 · History of the Republic of Venice 80 · USS Iowa 77 · Battle of Sluys 72 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.
- The ship was a marked improvement over the previous Indiana-class battleships, correcting many of the defects in the design of those vessels.
- Among the most important improvements were significantly better seaworthiness owing to her greater freeboard and a more efficient arrangement of the armament.
- Iowa was designed to operate on the high seas, which had been the impetus to increase the freeboard.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The USS Iowa article was read about 44,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get USS Iowa
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, USS Iowa (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
