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Rare card · History
Darius III, a Rare card
Darius III was the thirteenth and last Achaemenid King of Kings of Persia, reigning from 336 BC to his death in 330 BC.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 148
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 148 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Darius III quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Darius III card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As a reward for his ______, he was made the satrap of Armenia.
Answer
bravery. As a reward for his bravery, he was made the satrap of Armenia. From the Darius III article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Northrop P-61 Black Widow. Northrop P-61 Black Widow 85 · Carl Perkins 81 · Mohamed Farrah Aidid 74 · Darius III 69 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.
- Contrary to his predecessor Artaxerxes IV Arses, Darius was a distant member of the Achaemenid dynasty.
- During his early career, he was reportedly an obscure figure among his peers and first rose to prominence during the Cadusian expedition of Artaxerxes III in the 350s BC.
- As a reward for his bravery, he was made the satrap of Armenia.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Darius III article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Darius III
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, Darius III (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
