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Uncommon card · History
Cryptogram, an Uncommon card
A cryptogram is a type of puzzle that consists of a short piece of encrypted text.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 48
- DEF
- 27
- Power
- 75
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 58,000
Power 75 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Cryptogram quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cryptogram card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
To solve the puzzle, one must recover the ______ lettering.
Answer
original. To solve the puzzle, one must recover the original lettering. From the Cryptogram article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Rodolphe Seeldrayers. Rodolphe Seeldrayers 58 · Javad Khamenei 52 · Cryptogram 48 · Washington Common Historic District 43 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Javad Khamenei. Javad Khamenei 530,000 · Champagne 73,000 · Cryptogram 58,000 · Washington Common Historic District 180 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.
- Generally the cipher used to encrypt the text is simple enough that the cryptogram can be solved by hand.
- Substitution ciphers where each letter is replaced by a different letter, number, or symbol are frequently used.
- To solve the puzzle, one must recover the original lettering.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cryptogram article was read about 58,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 48 and blocks with 27: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Cryptogram
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.
More History cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Cryptogram in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Terry ChimesUncommon · Arts · ATK 53 DEF 22
- ChampagneUncommon · History · ATK 45 DEF 30
- Big League ChewUncommon · Society · ATK 49 DEF 26
- ForeshadowingUncommon · Science · ATK 50 DEF 25
- DewberryUncommon · Nature · ATK 45 DEF 30
- Long gunUncommon · Science · ATK 49 DEF 26
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cryptogram (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : User:Puzzler157, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
