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Uncommon card · Nature
Bucephalus, an Uncommon card
Bucephalus or Bucephalas, was the horse of Alexander the Great, and one of the most famous horses of classical antiquity.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 100
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 100 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Bucephalus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bucephalus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Alexander was so grieved at the loss of his horse that he named one of the many cities he founded after him, as ______ Bucephalus.
Answer
Alexandria. Alexander was so grieved at the loss of his horse that he named one of the many cities he founded after him, as Alexandria Bucephalus. From the Bucephalus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Songbird. Songbird 66 · Bucephalus 57 · Duse Bay 52 · Ackama australiensis 49 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Songbird. Songbird 150,000 · Bucephalus 120,000 · Duse Bay 390 · Ourisia coccinea subsp. elegans 220 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.
- According to the Alexander Romance, the name "Bucephalus" literally means "ox-headed", and supposedly comes from a brand on the thigh of the horse that looked like an ox's head.
- Ancient historical accounts state that Bucephalus's breed was that of the "best Thessalian strain", and that he died in what is now Punjab, Pakistan, after the Battle of the Hydaspes in 326 BC.
- Alexander was so grieved at the loss of his horse that he named one of the many cities he founded after him, as Alexandria Bucephalus.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bucephalus article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Bucephalus
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, Bucephalus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Uploadalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
