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Uncommon card · History
Blacksmith, an Uncommon card
A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Blacksmith quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Blacksmith card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The place where a blacksmith works is variously called a ______, a forge, or a blacksmith's shop.
Answer
smithy. The place where a blacksmith works is variously called a smithy, a forge, or a blacksmith's shop. From the Blacksmith article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Shot put. Shot put 83 · Blacksmith 76 · Kilogram 73 · Computer engineering 69 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.
- Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons.
- There was a historical distinction between the heavy work of the blacksmith and the more delicate operations of a whitesmith, who usually worked in gold, silver, pewter, or the finishing steps of fine steel.
- The place where a blacksmith works is variously called a smithy, a forge, or a blacksmith's shop.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Blacksmith article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Blacksmith
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, Blacksmith (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Moose Jaw Times Herald, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons.
