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Uncommon card · Arts
Carlo Gesualdo, an Uncommon card
Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa was an Italian nobleman and composer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 119
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 52,000
Power 119 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Carlo Gesualdo quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carlo Gesualdo card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is also known for killing his first wife and her ______ lover upon finding them in flagrante delicto.
Answer
aristocratic. He is also known for killing his first wife and her aristocratic lover upon finding them in flagrante delicto. From the Carlo Gesualdo article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Carlo Gesualdo. Carlo Gesualdo 72 · Nicolas Ghesquière 69 · Chilly Gonzales 66 · Art Metrano 62 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.
- Though both the Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, he is better known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century.
- He is also known for killing his first wife and her aristocratic lover upon finding them in flagrante delicto.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carlo Gesualdo article was read about 52,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Carlo Gesualdo
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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The cards just above and just below Carlo Gesualdo in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Nicolas GhesquièreUncommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 50
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- SectUncommon · Society · ATK 62 DEF 57
- CounterfeitUncommon · Science · ATK 70 DEF 49
- FumaroleUncommon · Science · ATK 63 DEF 56
- Mark O'MearaUncommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 47
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carlo Gesualdo (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Flopinot2012, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
