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Uncommon card · History
Cassander, an Uncommon card
Cassander was king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 305 BC until 297 BC, and de facto ruler of southern Greece from 317 BC until his death.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Cassander quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cassander card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Cassander later seized power by having ______'s son and heir Alexander IV murdered.
Answer
Alexander. Cassander later seized power by having Alexander's son and heir Alexander IV murdered. From the Cassander article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
New Testament apocrypha. New Testament apocrypha 73 · Mikheil Kavelashvili 68 · Cassander 65 · Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani 54 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.
- A son of Antipater and a contemporary of Alexander the Great, Cassander was one of the Diadochi who warred over Alexander's empire following the latter's death in 323 BC.
- Cassander later seized power by having Alexander's son and heir Alexander IV murdered.
- While governing Macedonia from 317 BC until 297 BC, Cassander focused on strengthening the northern borders and economic development, while founding or restoring several cities, though his ruthlessness in dealing with political enemies influences assessments of his rule.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cassander article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Cassander
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 Cassander in the power ranking, all domains together.
- New Testament apocryphaUncommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 50
- OsmosisUncommon · Science · ATK 66 DEF 57
- SolitaireUncommon · Society · ATK 66 DEF 57
- Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al ThaniUncommon · History · ATK 54 DEF 69
- AlliterationUncommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 54
- AlstroemeriaUncommon · Nature · ATK 66 DEF 57
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cassander (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Megistias, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
