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Ban Chao, a Common card
Ban Chao, courtesy name Zhongsheng, was a Chinese diplomat, explorer, and military general of the Eastern Han dynasty.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Ban Chao quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ban Chao card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was born in Fufeng, now ______, Shaanxi.
Answer
Xianyang. He was born in Fufeng, now Xianyang, Shaanxi. From the Ban Chao article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Thomas Cavendish. Thomas Cavendish 22,000 · William French Smith 17,000 · Ban Chao 13,000 · Geronimo Campaign 10,000 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 born in Fufeng, now Xianyang, Shaanxi.
- Three of his family members, father Ban Biao, elder brother Ban Gu, younger sister Ban Zhao, were well known historians who wrote the historical text Book of Han, which recorded the history of the Western Han dynasty.
- As a Han general and cavalry commander, Ban Chao was in charge of administrating the "Western Regions" while he was in service.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ban Chao article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Ban Chao
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, Ban Chao (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown artist Unknown artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
