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Alessandro Cagliostro, an Uncommon card
Giuseppe Balsamo, known by the alias Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, was an Italian occultist, self-styled magician and confidence trickster.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 73,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Alessandro Cagliostro quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alessandro Cagliostro card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In his 1833 essay, Count Cagliostro, Carlyle pronounced him the "Quack of ______".
Answer
Quacks. In his 1833 essay, Count Cagliostro, Carlyle pronounced him the "Quack of Quacks". From the Alessandro Cagliostro article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Sam Groth. Sam Groth 82 · Athanasius Kircher 79 · Geraldo Alckmin 76 · Alessandro Cagliostro 73 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.
- He became a glamorous figure associated with the royal courts of Europe where he pursued various occult arts, including psychic healing, alchemy, and scrying.
- In his 1833 essay, Count Cagliostro, Carlyle pronounced him the "Quack of Quacks".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alessandro Cagliostro article was read about 73,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Alessandro Cagliostro
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alessandro Cagliostro (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jean-Antoine Houdon (France, Paris, 1741-1828), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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