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El Escorial, an Uncommon card
The Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also called Monasterio de El Escorial or simply El Escorial, is a historical residence of the king of Spain located in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 2.06 kilometres up the valley from the town of El Escorial and about 45 kilometres northwest of the Spanish…
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 152
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 152 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
El Escorial quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the El Escorial card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Built between 1563 and 1584 by order of King Philip II, El Escorial is the largest ______ building in the world.
Answer
Renaissance. Built between 1563 and 1584 by order of King Philip II, El Escorial is the largest Renaissance building in the world. From the El Escorial article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Horse meat. Horse meat 87 · Bảo Đại 80 · El Escorial 77 · Stanley Ho 73 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.
- Built between 1563 and 1584 by order of King Philip II, El Escorial is the largest Renaissance building in the world.
- It is one of the Spanish royal sites and functions as a monastery, basilica, royal palace, pantheon, library, museum, university, school, and hospital.
- El Escorial consists of two architectural complexes of great historical and cultural significance: the royal monastery itself and La Granjilla de La Fresneda, a royal hunting lodge and monastic retreat about five kilometres away.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The El Escorial article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get El Escorial
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, El Escorial (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Zvonimir Stamenov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
