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Uncommon card · History
Artaxerxes I, an Uncommon card
Artaxerxes I was the fifth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia, from August 465 to December 424 BC.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 127
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190,000
Power 127 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Artaxerxes I quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Artaxerxes I card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Josephus and several ancient traditions identify him as King Ahasuerus, from the Book of ______.
Answer
Esther. Josephus and several ancient traditions identify him as King Ahasuerus, from the Book of Esther. From the Artaxerxes I article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2015 Birmingham City Council election. 2015 Birmingham City Council election 79 · Francesca Hong 74 · Henry K. Fluck 66 · Artaxerxes I 63 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Francesca Hong. Francesca Hong 930,000 · Artaxerxes I 190,000 · 2015 Birmingham City Council election 1,700 · Henry K. Fluck 1,200 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.
- He was the third son of Xerxes I. In Greek sources he is also surnamed "Long-handed", allegedly because his right hand was longer than his left.
- Josephus and several ancient traditions identify him as King Ahasuerus, from the Book of Esther.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Artaxerxes I article was read about 190,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Artaxerxes I
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, Artaxerxes I (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
