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Uncommon card · History
Ethos, an Uncommon card
Ethos is a Greek word meaning "character" that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation, or ideology, and the balance between caution and passion.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Ethos quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ethos card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Early Greek stories of Orpheus exhibit this idea in a ______ way.
Answer
compelling. Early Greek stories of Orpheus exhibit this idea in a compelling way. From the Ethos article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ethos. Ethos 70 · Cassander 65 · Curry tree 59 · Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani 54 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 Greeks also used this word to refer to the power of music to influence emotions, behaviors, and even morals.
- Early Greek stories of Orpheus exhibit this idea in a compelling way.
- The word's use in rhetoric is closely based on the Greek terminology used by Aristotle in his concept of the three artistic proofs or modes of persuasion alongside pathos and logos.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ethos 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 70 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Ethos
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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The cards just above and just below Ethos in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- George MacDonaldUncommon · Arts · ATK 77 DEF 46
- Husband E. KimmelUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 53
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ethos (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
