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Alonso de Ercilla, a Common card
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga was a Spanish soldier and poet, born in Madrid.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 33
- Power
- 88
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,500
Power 88 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Alonso de Ercilla quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alonso de Ercilla card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It celebrates both the violence of the ______ and the courage of the Araucanians.
Answer
conquistadors. It celebrates both the violence of the conquistadors and the courage of the Araucanians. From the Alonso de Ercilla article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Alonso de Ercilla. Alonso de Ercilla 55 · Aspazija 52 · Fortifications of Mycenae 49 · Loakes Park 45 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.
- While in Chile he fought against the Araucanians, and there he began the epic poem La Araucana, considered one of the greatest epics of the Spanish Golden Age.
- This heroic work in 37 cantos is divided into three parts, published in 1569, 1578, and 1589.
- It celebrates both the violence of the conquistadors and the courage of the Araucanians.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alonso de Ercilla article was read about 4,500 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 33: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Alonso de Ercilla
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alonso de Ercilla (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : El Greco, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
