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Epic card · History
Antikythera mechanism, an Epic card
The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek hand-powered orrery built in the 2nd century BC and discovered in 1901.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 880,000
Ranked #485 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Antikythera mechanism quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Antikythera mechanism card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is the oldest known example of an ______ computer.
Answer
analogue. It is the oldest known example of an analogue computer. From the Antikythera mechanism article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek hand-powered orrery built in the 2nd century BC and discovered in ____.
Answer
1900s. The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek hand-powered orrery built in the 2nd century BC and discovered in 1901. From the Antikythera mechanism article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2026 Scottish Parliament election. 2026 Scottish Parliament election 98 · Charles de Gaulle 93 · Antikythera mechanism 89 · Library of Alexandria 84 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 the oldest known example of an analogue computer.
- It could be used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance.
- It could also be used to track the four-year cycle of athletic games similar to an olympiad, the cycle of the ancient Olympic Games.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Antikythera mechanism article was read about 880,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 89 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Antikythera mechanism
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Text : Wikipedia, Antikythera mechanism (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Logg Tandy, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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