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Vanilla, a Rare card
Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily obtained from the seed pods of the flat-leaved Mexican and Central American vanilla.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 300,000
Ranked #1,197 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Vanilla quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Vanilla card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Vanilla is not autogamous, so ______ is required to produce the pods.
Answer
pollination. Vanilla is not autogamous, so pollination is required to produce the pods. From the Vanilla article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, the Belgian botanist Charles François Antoine Morren discovered this and pioneered a method of artificially pollinating the plant.
Answer
1830s. In 1837, the Belgian botanist Charles François Antoine Morren discovered this and pioneered a method of artificially pollinating the plant. From the Vanilla article on Wikipedia.
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.
- Vanilla is not autogamous, so pollination is required to produce the pods.
- In 1837, the Belgian botanist Charles François Antoine Morren discovered this and pioneered a method of artificially pollinating the plant.
- The method proved financially unworkable and was not deployed commercially.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Vanilla article was read about 300,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Vanilla
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Vanilla (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Malcolm Manners from Lakeland FL, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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