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Burning of books and burying of scholars, an Uncommon card

The burning of books and burying of scholars was the purported burning of texts in 213 BCE and live burial of 460 Confucian scholars in 212 BCE ordered by Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang.

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Rarity
Uncommon
Domain
History
ATK
67
DEF
47
Power
114
Wikipedia reads a year
59,000

Power 114 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.

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Why it is Uncommon

Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Burning of books and burying of scholars article was read about 59,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.

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Text : Wikipedia, Burning of books and burying of scholars (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Itsmine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

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