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Uncommon card · History
Bardiya, an Uncommon card
Bardiya or Smerdis, also named as Tanyoxarces by Ctesias, was a son of Cyrus the Great and the younger brother of Cambyses II, both Persian kings.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Bardiya quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bardiya card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
There are sharply ______ views on his life.
Answer
divided. There are sharply divided views on his life. From the Bardiya article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Stan Smith. Stan Smith 80 · Essential oil 77 · CSS Virginia 71 · Bardiya 66 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.
- There are sharply divided views on his life.
- Bardiya either ruled the Achaemenid Empire for a few months in 522 BCE, or was impersonated by a magus called Gaumata, whose name is given by Ctesias as Sphendadates, until he was toppled by Darius the Great.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bardiya article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Bardiya
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 Bardiya in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Stan SmithUncommon · Society · ATK 80 DEF 50
- Will WrightUncommon · Arts · ATK 72 DEF 58
- Antawn JamisonUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 59
- Common wood pigeonUncommon · Nature · ATK 65 DEF 65
- Essential oilUncommon · Nature · ATK 77 DEF 53
- Fresh waterUncommon · Nature · ATK 66 DEF 64
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bardiya (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Leen van Dorp, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
