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Battle of Rocroi, an Uncommon card
The Battle of Rocroi, fought on 19 May 1643, was a major engagement of the Thirty Years' War between a French army, led by the 21-year-old Duke of Enghien and Spanish forces under General Francisco de Melo only five days after the accession of Louis XIV to the throne of France after his father's death.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 127
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 72,000
Power 127 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Rocroi shattered the myth of invincibility of the Spanish tercios, the pike and shot infantry units that had dominated European battlefields for the previous 120 years.
- The battle is therefore often considered to mark the end of Spanish military greatness and the beginning of French hegemony in Europe in the second half-17th century during the reign of Louis XIV.
- After Rocroi, the Spanish progressively transformed the tercio system incorporating more of the line infantry doctrine used by the French over time.
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 Rocroi article was read about 72,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Battle of Rocroi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Sauveur Lecomte, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
