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Rare card · Nature
Velociraptor, a Rare card
Velociraptor is a genus of small dromaeosaurid dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 75 million to 71 million years ago.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 440,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Velociraptor quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Velociraptor card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The type species is V. ______, named and described in 1924.
Answer
mongoliensis. The type species is V. mongoliensis, named and described in 1924. From the Velociraptor article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Yerevan. Yerevan 96 · Salmon 86 · Velociraptor 82 · Black stork 76 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Velociraptor. Velociraptor 440,000 · Black stork 32,000 · Buru 14,000 · Wignacourt Aqueduct 6,400 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in the past.
- The type species is V. mongoliensis, named and described in 1924.
- Fossils of this species have been discovered in the Djadochta Formation, Mongolia.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Velociraptor article was read about 440,000 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 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Velociraptor
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Velociraptor (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Eduard Solà Vázquez, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
