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Diego de Astor, a Common card
Diego de Astor was a 17th-century Spanish engraver from Toledo.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 29
- DEF
- 13
- Power
- 42
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 340
Power 42 (ATK + DEF).
Diego de Astor quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Diego de Astor card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Astor was engraver to the Mint of ______, and was also employed to engrave the royal seals.
Answer
Segovia. Astor was engraver to the Mint of Segovia, and was also employed to engrave the royal seals. From the Diego de Astor article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He studied under Domenico Theotocopuli, and in ____ engraved, under his superintendence, a 'St. Francis,' after Nic. de Vargas.
Answer
1600s. He studied under Domenico Theotocopuli, and in 1606 engraved, under his superintendence, a 'St. Francis,' after Nic. de Vargas. From the Diego de Astor article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Acoustic tubercle. Acoustic tubercle 35 · Ethadione 32 · Diego de Astor 29 · Our Lady of the New Advent 26 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.
- He studied under Domenico Theotocopuli, and in 1606 engraved, under his superintendence, a 'St. Francis,' after Nic. de Vargas.
- Astor was engraver to the Mint of Segovia, and was also employed to engrave the royal seals.
- Of his plates we may notice the titlepage to Colmenares' Historia de Segovia, and a series of plates of the first documented manual alphabet for the purpose of deaf education in Bonet's book Reducción de las letras y arte para enseñar a hablar a los mudos.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Diego de Astor article was read about 340 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 29 and blocks with 13: each hit it takes is cut by 5 %.
How to get Diego de Astor
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Diego de Astor (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Francisco Abarca de Angulo (impresor). Diego de Astor (grabador)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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