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El Kantara, a Common card
El Kantara is a town and commune in Biskra Province, Algeria.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 48
- DEF
- 44
- Power
- 92
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,300
Power 92 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
El Kantara quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the El Kantara card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The gorge is ______, at only 40 metres wide, but the walls can be as high as 120 m.
Answer
narrow. The gorge is narrow, at only 40 metres wide, but the walls can be as high as 120 m. From the El Kantara article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The ____ Baedeker travel guide described it as "one of the most important caravan-stations in E. Algeria." The town is well known for the eponymous gorge nearby, described by locals as the "Mouth of the Desert".
Answer
1910s. The 1911 Baedeker travel guide described it as "one of the most important caravan-stations in E. Algeria." The town is well known for the eponymous gorge nearby, described by locals as the "Mouth of the Desert". From the El Kantara article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Felix Großschartner. Felix Großschartner 62 · Andrew Soltis 58 · Convocation Center 53 · El Kantara 48 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.
- The 1911 Baedeker travel guide described it as "one of the most important caravan-stations in E. Algeria." The town is well known for the eponymous gorge nearby, described by locals as the "Mouth of the Desert".
- The gorge is narrow, at only 40 metres wide, but the walls can be as high as 120 m.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The El Kantara article was read about 5,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 48 and blocks with 44: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get El Kantara
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, El Kantara (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rachid Hamatou, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
