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Bastide, a Common card
Bastides are fortified new towns built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony, Aquitaine, England and Wales during the 13th and 14th centuries, although some authorities count Mont-de-Marsan and Montauban, which was founded in 1144, as the first bastides.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 108
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Ranked #2,646 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Bastide quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bastide card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Almost 700 ______ were built between 1222 and 1372.
Answer
bastides. Almost 700 bastides were built between 1222 and 1372. From the Bastide article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2026 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix. 2026 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix 70 · 1976 Argentine coup d'état 66 · Khanate of Sibir 62 · Bastide 58 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Khanate of Sibir. Khanate of Sibir 110,000 · Siege of Smerwick 17,000 · Bastide 13,000 · Just Stop Oil M25 blockade case 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.
- Some of the first bastides were built under Raymond VII of Toulouse to replace villages destroyed in the Albigensian Crusade.
- He encouraged the construction of others to colonize the wilderness, especially of southwest France.
- Almost 700 bastides were built between 1222 and 1372.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bastide 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 58 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Bastide
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, Bastide (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Monster1000, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
