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Uncommon card · Arts
Bylina, an Uncommon card
A bylina, also popularly known as a starina, is a type of Russian oral epic poem.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 134
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 134 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Bylina quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bylina card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Byliny deal with all periods of ______ history.
Answer
Russian. Byliny deal with all periods of Russian history. From the Bylina article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jeremy Rifkin. Jeremy Rifkin 78 · Francis Hutcheson 75 · Antonio Margheriti 70 · Bylina 67 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.
- Byliny deal with all periods of Russian history.
- Byliny narratives are loosely based on historical fact, but greatly embellished with fantasy or hyperbole.
- Byliny originate from the times of Kievan Rus', but had only survived in northern Russia by the time they were collected.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bylina article was read about 21,000 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 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Bylina
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 Bylina in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Martin SchongauerUncommon · Arts · ATK 66 DEF 68
- North CascadesUncommon · Nature · ATK 68 DEF 66
- Teju ColeUncommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 65
- Francis HutchesonUncommon · Science · ATK 75 DEF 59
- Juli InksterUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 58
- Paul StrandUncommon · Arts · ATK 66 DEF 68
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bylina (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ivan Bilibin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
