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Abd ar-Rahman II, an Uncommon card
Abd al-Rahman II was the fourth Umayyad Emir of Córdoba in al-Andalus from 822 until his death in 852.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 46
- DEF
- 25
- Power
- 71
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 71 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
Abd ar-Rahman II quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Abd ar-Rahman II card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Abd al-Rahman was born in ______ in 792.
Answer
Toledo. Abd al-Rahman was born in Toledo in 792. From the Abd ar-Rahman II article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
The best defense is a good offense. The best defense is a good offense 27,000 · Abd ar-Rahman II 20,000 · St Minver and St Endellion 150 · Edward Osborne 58 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.
- A vigorous and effective frontier warrior, he was also well known as a patron of the arts.
- Abd al-Rahman was born in Toledo in 792.
- He was the son of Emir al-Hakam I. In his youth he took part in the so-called "massacre of the ditch", when 72 nobles and hundreds of their attendants were massacred at a banquet by order of al-Hakam.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Abd ar-Rahman II article was read about 20,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 46 and blocks with 25: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Abd ar-Rahman II
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Abd ar-Rahman II (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Numismática Pliego, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
