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Van de Graaff, a Common card
Van de Graaff is a crater formation located on the far side of the Moon, on the northeast edge of Mare Ingenii.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 53
- DEF
- 23
- Power
- 76
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,200
Power 76 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Van de Graaff quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Van de Graaff card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
To the north is Aitken, and ______ lies to the east.
Answer
Nassau. To the north is Aitken, and Nassau lies to the east. From the Van de Graaff article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ladislaus Bortkiewicz. Ladislaus Bortkiewicz 56 · Van de Graaff 53 · Shopping bag 46 · Tiszaújváros 43 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 crater Birkeland is attached to the southeast rim, nestling against the slightly narrower "waist" of the formation.
- To the north is Aitken, and Nassau lies to the east.
- The crater is named for physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff, whose groundbreaking work includes the invention of the Van de Graaff generator.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Van de Graaff article was read about 5,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 53 and blocks with 23: each hit it takes is cut by 9 %.
How to get Van de Graaff
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Van de Graaff in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Rui OliveiraCommon · Society · ATK 57 DEF 19
- Shopping bagCommon · Science · ATK 46 DEF 30
- TiszaújvárosCommon · Nature · ATK 43 DEF 33
- Clyde ScottCommon · Society · ATK 55 DEF 21
- Duke Paul Wilhelm of WürttembergCommon · History · ATK 56 DEF 20
- Finlaystone HouseCommon · Arts · ATK 46 DEF 30
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Van de Graaff (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : James Stuby based on NASA image, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
