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Common card · History
Balash, a Common card
Balash was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 484 to 488.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 90
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 10,000
Power 90 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Balash quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Balash card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the brother and successor of Peroz I, who was defeated and killed by the ______.
Answer
Hephthalites. He was the brother and successor of Peroz I, who was defeated and killed by the Hephthalites. From the Balash article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Raquel Lyra. Raquel Lyra 68 · Barney Bigard 57 · Balash 54 · El Tepozteco 48 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.
- He was the brother and successor of Peroz I, who was defeated and killed by the Hephthalites.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Balash 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 54 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Balash
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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The cards just above and just below Balash in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Alexander GrinCommon · Arts · ATK 56 DEF 34
- Chicago SouthlandCommon · Society · ATK 54 DEF 36
- Dimitar KovačevskiCommon · History · ATK 59 DEF 31
- El TepoztecoCommon · History · ATK 48 DEF 42
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Balash (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Classical Numismatic Group, [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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