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Armistice, an Uncommon card
An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 48
- DEF
- 19
- Power
- 67
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 59,000
Power 67 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Armistice quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Armistice card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is derived from the Latin arma, meaning "arms" and -stitium, meaning "a ______".
Answer
stopping. It is derived from the Latin arma, meaning "arms" and -stitium, meaning "a stopping". From the Armistice article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Armistice. Armistice 59,000 · Brad Beyer 28,000 · St. John's Episcopal Church 190 · Munnekemoer 150 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.
- It is not necessarily the end of a war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace.
- It is derived from the Latin arma, meaning "arms" and -stitium, meaning "a stopping".
- The United Nations Security Council often imposes, or tries to impose, ceasefire resolutions on parties in modern conflicts.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Armistice article was read about 59,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 48 and blocks with 19: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get Armistice
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Armistice (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gerard ter Borch, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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