WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Science cards · Xbloc
Common card · Science
Xbloc, a Common card
An Xbloc is a wave-dissipating concrete block designed to protect shores, harbour walls, seawalls, breakwaters and other coastal structures from the direct impact of incoming waves.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 33
- Power
- 89
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,300
Power 89 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Xbloc quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Xbloc card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Xbloc has been subjected to extensive research by several ______.
Answer
universities. Xbloc has been subjected to extensive research by several universities. From the Xbloc article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Xbloc model was designed and developed in ____ by the Dutch firm Delta Marine Consultants, now called BAM Infraconsult, a subsidiary of the Royal BAM Group.
Answer
2000s. The Xbloc model was designed and developed in 2001 by the Dutch firm Delta Marine Consultants, now called BAM Infraconsult, a subsidiary of the Royal BAM Group. From the Xbloc article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Herbert Gintis. Herbert Gintis 60 · Xbloc 56 · North European hypothesis 53 · Godfried Schalcken 50 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.
- The Xbloc model was designed and developed in 2001 by the Dutch firm Delta Marine Consultants, now called BAM Infraconsult, a subsidiary of the Royal BAM Group.
- Xbloc has been subjected to extensive research by several universities.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Xbloc article was read about 6,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 33: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Xbloc
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 Xbloc in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Godfried SchalckenCommon · Arts · ATK 50 DEF 39
- Isabelle AutissierCommon · Arts · ATK 56 DEF 33
- Sidney M. GutierrezCommon · Science · ATK 57 DEF 32
- Filip JíchaCommon · Society · ATK 54 DEF 35
- Jeff BallardCommon · Arts · ATK 55 DEF 34
- North European hypothesisCommon · History · ATK 53 DEF 36
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Xbloc (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rallidae, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
