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Uncommon card · History
Ascalon, an Uncommon card
Ascalon or Ashkelon was an ancient Near East port city on the Mediterranean coast of the southern Levant of high historical and archaeological significance.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 65,000
Ranked #643 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Its remains are located in the archaeological site of Tel Ashkelon, within the city limits of the modern Israeli city of Ashkelon.
- Traces of settlement exist from the 3rd millennium BCE, with evidence of city fortifications emerging in the Middle Bronze Age.
- During the Late Bronze Age, it was integrated into the Egyptian Empire, before becoming one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis following the migration of the Sea Peoples.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ascalon article was read about 65,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Ascalon
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ascalon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Larisa sklar giller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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