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Uncommon card · History
Ctesiphon, an Uncommon card
Ctesiphon was an ancient city in modern Iraq, on the eastern bank of the Tigris, about 35 kilometres southeast of Baghdad.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Ctesiphon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ctesiphon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It fell in 637, during the Muslim conquest of ______.
Answer
Persia. It fell in 637, during the Muslim conquest of Persia. From the Ctesiphon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Austro-Prussian War. Austro-Prussian War 79 · N. T. Wright 76 · Babylonian captivity 73 · Ctesiphon 70 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Babylonian captivity. Babylonian captivity 330,000 · Jin dynasty 250,000 · Ctesiphon 190,000 · N. T. Wright 150,000 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.
- Ctesiphon served as a royal capital of the Iranian empires for over eight hundred years, in the Parthian and Sasanian periods.
- It fell in 637, during the Muslim conquest of Persia.
- Ctesiphon developed into a rich commercial metropolis, merging with the surrounding cities along both shores of the river, including the Hellenistic city of Seleucia.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ctesiphon article was read about 190,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Ctesiphon
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, Ctesiphon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Renato de carvalho ferreira, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
