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Ardagh Hoard, a Common card
The Ardagh Hoard, best known for the Ardagh Chalice, is a hoard of metalwork from the 8th and 9th centuries.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 34
- Power
- 89
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 10,000
Power 89 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Ardagh Hoard quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ardagh Hoard card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Found in 1868 by two young local boys, Jim Quin and Paddy Flanagan, it is now on display in the ______ Museum of Ireland in Dublin.
Answer
National. Found in 1868 by two young local boys, Jim Quin and Paddy Flanagan, it is now on display in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. From the Ardagh Hoard article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Fang Xuanling. Fang Xuanling 66 · Mexican miracle 58 · Ardagh Hoard 55 · Salamanca 50 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.
- Found in 1868 by two young local boys, Jim Quin and Paddy Flanagan, it is now on display in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.
- It consists of the chalice, a much plainer stemmed cup in copper-alloy, and four brooches – three elaborate pseudo-penannular ones, and one a true pennanular brooch of the thistle type, this is the latest object in the hoard, and suggests it may have been deposited around 900 AD.
- The chalice ranks with the Book of Kells as one of the finest known works of metal Insular art, indeed of Celtic art in general, and is thought to have been made in the 8th century AD.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ardagh Hoard article was read about 10,000 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 34: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Ardagh Hoard
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Ardagh Hoard in the power ranking, all domains together.
- SalamancaCommon · History · ATK 50 DEF 39
- Abraham JacobiCommon · Science · ATK 55 DEF 34
- AgaveCommon · Arts · ATK 54 DEF 35
- Fabre d'ÉglantineCommon · History · ATK 60 DEF 29
- Fang XuanlingCommon · History · ATK 66 DEF 23
- Mihai LeuCommon · Society · ATK 59 DEF 30
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ardagh Hoard (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Johnbod, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
