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Uncommon card · History
Béhanzin, an Uncommon card
Gbehanzin, also known as Béhanzin, is considered the eleventh King of Dahomey, modern-day Republic of Benin.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 98
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 98 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Béhanzin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Béhanzin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Upon taking the ______, he changed his name from Kondo.
Answer
throne. Upon taking the throne, he changed his name from Kondo. From the Béhanzin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2025 Surinamese general election. 2025 Surinamese general election 65 · Christopher A. Sims 61 · Béhanzin 58 · Katharine Cook Briggs 55 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.
- Upon taking the throne, he changed his name from Kondo.
- Following his father Glele's suicide, Béhanzin ascended the throne in January 1890 and ruled until 1894, when he was defeated by the French in the Second Franco-Dahomean War and exiled to Martinique.
- Béhanzin was Dahomey's last independent ruler established through traditional power structures.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Béhanzin article was read about 20,000 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 Béhanzin
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 Béhanzin in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Katharine Cook BriggsUncommon · Science · ATK 55 DEF 43
- Takashi YanaseUncommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 29
- 2025 Surinamese general electionUncommon · History · ATK 65 DEF 33
- Carlos LeeUncommon · History · ATK 60 DEF 38
- EarthlightUncommon · Science · ATK 56 DEF 42
- Otto SternUncommon · Science · ATK 57 DEF 41
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Béhanzin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alexandre d'Albéca, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
