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Uncommon card · History
Cyropaedia, an Uncommon card
The Cyropaedia, sometimes spelled Cyropedia, is a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, the founder of Persia's Achaemenid Empire.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 29,000
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Cyropaedia quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cyropaedia card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Aspects of it would become a model for ______ writers of the genre mirrors for princes.
Answer
medieval. Aspects of it would become a model for medieval writers of the genre mirrors for princes. From the Cyropaedia article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Baldassare Castiglione. Baldassare Castiglione 74 · Guard rail 71 · Cyropaedia 68 · Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke 63 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.
- It was written around 370 BC by Xenophon, the Athenian-born soldier, historian, and student of Socrates.
- The Latinized title Cyropaedia derives from the Greek Kúrou paideía, meaning The Education of Cyrus.
- Aspects of it would become a model for medieval writers of the genre mirrors for princes.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cyropaedia article was read about 29,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Cyropaedia
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 Cyropaedia in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Johannes TrithemiusUncommon · Science · ATK 69 DEF 57
- Plastic bottleUncommon · Science · ATK 69 DEF 57
- Brompton BicycleUncommon · Society · ATK 69 DEF 57
- DinocarididaUncommon · Science · ATK 66 DEF 60
- Guard railUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 55
- Robert GreeneUncommon · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 56
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cyropaedia (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ashley Cooper, Maurice Publication date 1803, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
