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Rare card · Science
Vega, a Rare card
Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 182
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 270,000
Power 182 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Vega quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Vega card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It has the Bayer ______ α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr.
Answer
designation. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr. From the Vega article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Aleppo. Aleppo 94 · Hilbert space 90 · Vega 85 · Iridium 82 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.
- It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr.
- This star is relatively close to the Solar System, at only 25 light-years from the Sun, and one of the most luminous stars in the Sun's neighborhood, being intrinsically brighter than any star nearer to the Sun.
- It is the fifth-brightest star in the night sky, and the second-brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Vega article was read about 270,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Vega
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.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Vega in the power ranking, all domains together.
- AleppoRare · Society · ATK 94 DEF 88
- HadithRare · Science · ATK 83 DEF 99
- ShrimpRare · Nature · ATK 84 DEF 98
- Basil IIRare · History · ATK 82 DEF 100
- FirearmRare · Science · ATK 90 DEF 92
- MangroveRare · Nature · ATK 87 DEF 95
Card lists
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Vega (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lyra_constellation_map.png : Torsten Bronger derivative work: Kxx ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
