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Uncommon card · Science
Acinaces, an Uncommon card
The acinaces, also transliterated as akinakes or akinaka is a type of dagger or xiphos used mainly in the first millennium BCE in the eastern Mediterranean Basin, especially by the Medes, Scythians, Persians and Caspians, then by the Greeks.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 51
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 92
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 27,000
Power 92 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The acinaces, of Scythian origin, but made famous by the Persians, rapidly spread throughout the ancient world.
- The Romans believed that this weapon originated with the Medes.
- The acinaces is typically 40–60 cm in length and double-edged, and although there is no universal design, the guard may be lobed with the hilt resembling that of a bollock dagger, or the pommel may be split or of the "antenna" type.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Acinaces article was read about 27,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 51 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Acinaces
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Acinaces (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Derzsi Elekes Andor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.


