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Carnac stones, an Uncommon card
The Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments, dolmens, tumuli, and single menhirs.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 160
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 66,000
Power 160 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Carnac stones quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carnac stones card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Most of the stones are within the Breton ______ of Carnac, but some to the east are within neighboring La Trinité-sur-Mer.
Answer
municipality. Most of the stones are within the Breton municipality of Carnac, but some to the east are within neighboring La Trinité-sur-Mer. From the Carnac stones article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Languages of Indonesia. Languages of Indonesia 81 · Carnac stones 78 · Bragança, Portugal 75 · Boiled egg 72 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Naturalism. Naturalism 110,000 · Carnac stones 66,000 · Pipeline 50,000 · Bragança, Portugal 26,000 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.
- More than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local granite and erected by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany and form the largest such collection in the world.
- Most of the stones are within the Breton municipality of Carnac, but some to the east are within neighboring La Trinité-sur-Mer.
- Numerous megaliths and tumuli are also found in the surrounding areas, such as at Locmariaquer and Arzon, and on islands in the Gulf of Morbihan.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carnac stones article was read about 66,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Carnac stones
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carnac stones (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Steffen Heilfort, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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