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Uncommon card · History
Emanuel Swedenborg, an Uncommon card
Emanuel Swedenborg was a Swedish polymath, a scientist, engineer, astronomer, anatomist, Christian theologian, philosopher, and mystic.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Emanuel Swedenborg quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Emanuel Swedenborg card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Swedenborg had a ______ career as an inventor and scientist.
Answer
prolific. Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. From the Emanuel Swedenborg article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Salvador, Bahia. Salvador, Bahia 90 · Commander-in-chief 87 · Emanuel Swedenborg 84 · Jagadish Chandra Bose 78 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 became best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell.
- Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist.
- In 1741, at 53, he entered into a spiritual phase in which he began to experience dreams and visions, notably on Easter Weekend, on 6 April 1744.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Emanuel Swedenborg article was read about 190,000 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 Emanuel Swedenborg
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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- HyperthyroidismUncommon · Science · ATK 80 DEF 96
- Jagadish Chandra BoseUncommon · History · ATK 78 DEF 98
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Emanuel Swedenborg (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Carl Frederik von Breda, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
