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Rare card · History
Elam, a Rare card
Elam was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Ilam and Khuzestan as well as a small part of modern-day southern Iraq.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 330,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Elam quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Elam card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Elamite states were among the ______ political forces of the Ancient Near East.
Answer
leading. Elamite states were among the leading political forces of the Ancient Near East. From the Elam article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2018 United States House of Representatives elections. 2018 United States House of Representatives elections 100 · Terrorism 92 · Elam 84 · Selim I 79 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 modern name Elam stems from the Sumerian transliteration elam, along with the later Akkadian elamtu, and the Elamite haltamti.
- Elamite states were among the leading political forces of the Ancient Near East.
- In classical literature, Elam was also known as Susiana, a name derived from its capital Susa.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Elam article was read about 330,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Elam
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, Elam (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : File:Near East topographic map-blank.svg : Sémhur File:Elam-map-PL.svg : Wkotwica derivati, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
