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Uncommon card · History
Elective monarchy, an Uncommon card
An elective monarchy is a monarchy where the ruling head is elected instead of strictly inheriting power.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Elective monarchy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Elective monarchy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The manner of election, the nature of ______ qualifications, and the electors vary from case to case.
Answer
candidate. The manner of election, the nature of candidate qualifications, and the electors vary from case to case. From the Elective monarchy article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Inductor. Inductor 80 · Elective monarchy 77 · Ferdinand I of Bulgaria 73 · Genet 70 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 manner of election, the nature of candidate qualifications, and the electors vary from case to case.
- Historically, it was common for elective monarchies to transform into hereditary ones by repeated election of the previous rulers' children, or for hereditary monarchies to acquire elective or semi-elective succession laws, particularly following dynastic crises.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Elective monarchy article was read about 140,000 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 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Elective monarchy
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Elective monarchy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bernardo Bellotto, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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