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Virus, an Epic card
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 188
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 570,000
Power 188 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Virus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Virus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to ______, including bacteria and archaea.
Answer
microorganisms. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. From the Virus article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Since the first discovery of a virus, the tobacco mosaic virus, in the ____s, more than 16,000 of the millions of virus species have been described in detail.
Answer
1890s. Since the first discovery of a virus, the tobacco mosaic virus, in the 1890s, more than 16,000 of the millions of virus species have been described in detail. From the Virus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of India. History of India 97 · John Maynard Keynes 94 · Virus 91 · Animal 88 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.
- Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea.
- Viruses are found in almost every ecosystem on Earth and are the most numerous type of biological entity.
- Since the first discovery of a virus, the tobacco mosaic virus, in the 1890s, more than 16,000 of the millions of virus species have been described in detail.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Virus article was read about 570,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Virus
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Virus in the power ranking, all domains together.
- José RizalEpic · History · ATK 91 DEF 97
- The BlitzEpic · History · ATK 89 DEF 99
- Matt CardonaEpic · Society · ATK 92 DEF 96
- John Maynard KeynesEpic · History · ATK 94 DEF 94
- History of IndiaEpic · History · ATK 97 DEF 91
- HajjEpic · Society · ATK 88 DEF 100
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Virus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alexey Solodovnikov (Idea, Producer, CG, Editor), Valeria Arkhipova (Scientific Сonsultant, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
