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Alençon lace, a Common card
Alençon lace or point d'Alençon is a needle lace that originated in Alençon, France.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 97
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,300
Ranked #2,810 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Alençon lace quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alençon lace card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The purpose of ______ this workshop was to reduce the French court's dependence on expensive foreign imports.
Answer
establishing. The purpose of establishing this workshop was to reduce the French court's dependence on expensive foreign imports. From the Alençon lace article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Marthe La Perrière had modified the Venetian technique and Alençon emerged as a unique style around ____ after Colbert's monopoly ended.
Answer
1670s. Marthe La Perrière had modified the Venetian technique and Alençon emerged as a unique style around 1675 after Colbert's monopoly ended. From the Alençon lace article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dhanya Rajendran. Dhanya Rajendran 63 · Jules Boykoff 60 · Alençon lace 55 · Wang Theatre 51 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.
- It is sometimes called the "Queen of lace." Lace making began in Alençon during the 16th century and the local industry was rapidly expanded during the reign of Louis XIV by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who established a Royal Workshop in the town to produce lace in the Venetian style in 1665.
- The purpose of establishing this workshop was to reduce the French court's dependence on expensive foreign imports.
- Marthe La Perrière had modified the Venetian technique and Alençon emerged as a unique style around 1675 after Colbert's monopoly ended.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alençon lace article was read about 9,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Alençon lace
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.
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- Mary FickettCommon · Arts · ATK 61 DEF 36
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alençon lace (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Anonymous Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
