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War against the potato beetle, a Common card
The war against the potato beetle was a campaign launched in Warsaw Pact countries during the Cold War to eradicate the Colorado potato beetle.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 100
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,700
Ranked #2,516 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was also a propaganda operation that alleged it was introduced into East Germany, the People's Republic of Poland and Communist Czechoslovakia by the United States as a form of entomological warfare.
- Communist propaganda of the time claimed that the insect was being dropped from parachutes and balloons, with the intent of immiserating the populations of these countries, causing famines, and facilitating an economic crisis.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The War against the potato beetle article was read about 5,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get War against the potato beetle
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, War against the potato beetle (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Scott Bauer, USDA ARS, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
