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Banu Yam, a Common card
Banu Yam is an Arabian tribe that belongs to the Qahtanite branch of Arabian tribes, specifically the group known as Banu Hamdan, and are, therefore, native to southwestern Arabia.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 45
- DEF
- 13
- Power
- 58
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 58 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
Banu Yam quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Banu Yam card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Most have moved into small villages and given up their ______ nomadic way of life.
Answer
previous. Most have moved into small villages and given up their previous nomadic way of life. From the Banu Yam article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Banu Yam. Banu Yam 45 · Pik Wui 42 · Kalette 38 · Resulkahya, Baskil 34 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Palace of Culture and Sports. Palace of Culture and Sports 15,000 · Banu Yam 12,000 · Pik Wui 120 · Resulkahya, Baskil 87 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.
- Their traditional way of life was well suited to life in the Arabian Desert and East Saharo-Arabian xeric shrublands they once lived in.
- Most have moved into small villages and given up their previous nomadic way of life.
- The tribe of Yam was also the progenitor of two other important tribes: the Al Murrah and the 'Ujman of eastern Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf coast.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Banu Yam article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 45 and blocks with 13: each hit it takes is cut by 5 %.
How to get Banu Yam
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Banu Yam in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Palace of Culture and SportsUncommon · Society · ATK 41 DEF 17
- The Holy FamilyUncommon · Science · ATK 45 DEF 13
- Thorvald EirikssonCommon · History · ATK 42 DEF 16
- KaletteCommon · Society · ATK 38 DEF 20
- Simon TathamCommon · Science · ATK 35 DEF 23
- Al Nahda, DubaiCommon · Society · ATK 40 DEF 18
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Banu Yam (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Reiser115, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
