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Uncommon card · History
Alodia, an Uncommon card
Alodia, also known as Alwa, was a medieval kingdom in what is now central Sudan.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 47,000
Power 183 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Alodia quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alodia card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was the last of the three Nubian kingdoms to convert to ______ in 580, following Nobadia and Makuria.
Answer
Christianity. It was the last of the three Nubian kingdoms to convert to Christianity in 580, following Nobadia and Makuria. From the Alodia article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Jiajing Emperor. Jiajing Emperor 86,000 · Odrysian kingdom 59,000 · Alodia 47,000 · Zhang Heng 37,000 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.
- Its capital was the city of Soba, located near modern-day Khartoum at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers.
- Founded sometime after the ancient Kingdom of Kush fell, around 350 AD, Alodia is first mentioned in historical records in 569.
- It was the last of the three Nubian kingdoms to convert to Christianity in 580, following Nobadia and Makuria.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alodia article was read about 47,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Alodia
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alodia (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dekodrak, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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