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Uncommon card · Science
Alcuin, an Uncommon card
Alcuin of York, also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin, was an Anglo-Saxon scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria, who was active in the Carolingian Empire in the 8th century.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 147
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 69,000
Power 147 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was born around 735 and became the student of Archbishop Ecgbert at York.
- At the invitation of Charlemagne, he became a leading scholar and teacher at the Carolingian court, where he remained a figure in the 780s and 790s.
- Before that, he was also a court chancellor in Aachen.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alcuin article was read about 69,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Alcuin
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alcuin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Fulda, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
