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Uncommon card · History
Encomienda, an Uncommon card
The encomienda was a 16th-century Spanish labour system that rewarded Spain's conquistadors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 61
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 133 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Encomienda quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Encomienda card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In theory, the ______ would provide the labourers with benefits, including military protection and education.
Answer
conquerors. In theory, the conquerors would provide the labourers with benefits, including military protection and education. From the Encomienda article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Staff. Staff 77 · Encomienda 72 · Mabel Philipson 66 · Galena Historic District 63 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Milo Ventimiglia. Milo Ventimiglia 2,500,000 · Encomienda 130,000 · Galena Historic District 2,300 · Mabel Philipson 1,700 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- In theory, the conquerors would provide the labourers with benefits, including military protection and education.
- In practice, the conquered were subject to conditions that closely resembled instances of forced labour and outright slavery.
- The encomienda was first established in Spain following the Christian Reconquista, and it was applied on a much larger scale during the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the Spanish East Indies.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Encomienda article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 61: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Encomienda
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Encomienda (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Trabajo propio. Reproducción de un dibujo de Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala. (Own work. Repro, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
