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Rare card · History
Charles the Bald, a Rare card
Charles the Bald was king of West Francia, king of Italy and emperor of the Carolingian Empire.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 250,000
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Charles the Bald quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Charles the Bald card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a grandson of ______ and the youngest son of Louis the Pious by his second wife, Judith.
Answer
Charlemagne. He was a grandson of Charlemagne and the youngest son of Louis the Pious by his second wife, Judith. From the Charles the Bald article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Samson Option. Samson Option 860,000 · Charles the Bald 250,000 · George Foster Herben 360 · 2011 Torridge District Council election 210 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.
- After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded, by the Treaty of Verdun, in acquiring the western third of the empire.
- He was a grandson of Charlemagne and the youngest son of Louis the Pious by his second wife, Judith.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Charles the Bald article was read about 250,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Charles the Bald
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Charles the Bald (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Comte Vivien - Moines de l'abbaye Saint-Martin de Tours, vers 850, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
