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Uncommon card · History
Baldassare Castiglione, an Uncommon card
Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico, was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 52
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 32,000
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Baldassare Castiglione quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Baldassare Castiglione card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was very ______ in 16th-century European court circles.
Answer
influential. It was very influential in 16th-century European court circles. From the Baldassare Castiglione article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Mark Knowles. Mark Knowles 77 · Baldassare Castiglione 74 · Eddie Collins 67 · Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke 63 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.
- Castiglione wrote Il Cortegiano or The Book of the Courtier, a courtesy book dealing with questions of the etiquette and morality of the courtier.
- It was very influential in 16th-century European court circles.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Baldassare Castiglione article was read about 32,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 52: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Baldassare Castiglione
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, Baldassare Castiglione (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Raphael, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
