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Rare card · History
Erik the Red, a Rare card
Erik Thorvaldsson, known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 280,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Erik the Red quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Erik the Red card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
When Thorvald was ______ from Norway, the family sailed west to Iceland.
Answer
banished. When Thorvald was banished from Norway, the family sailed west to Iceland. From the Erik the Red article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lazio. Lazio 75 · Jen Psaki 72 · Autumn 69 · Erik the Red 65 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 most likely earned the epithet "the Red" due to the color of his hair and beard.
- According to Icelandic sagas, Erik was born in the Jæren district of Rogaland, Norway, the son of Thorvald Asvaldsson.
- When Thorvald was banished from Norway, the family sailed west to Iceland.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Erik the Red article was read about 280,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Erik the Red
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, Erik the Red (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Arngrímur Jónsson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
