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Uncommon card · History
Battle of Jaxartes, an Uncommon card
The Battle of Jaxartes was fought in 329 BC by Alexander the Great and his Hellenic army against the Saka at the River Jaxartes, now known as the Syr Darya River.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 98
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 33,000
Power 98 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The site of the battle straddles the modern borders of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, just south-west of the ancient city of Tashkent and north-east of Khujand.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Battle of Jaxartes article was read about 33,000 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 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Battle of Jaxartes
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Battle of Jaxartes (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dodge, Theodore Ayrault, 1842-1909, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
