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Uncommon card · Arts
Fáfnir, an Uncommon card
In Germanic heroic legend and folklore, Fáfnir was a dwarf who had shapeshifted into a Germanic dragon to protect a treasure, eventually being slain by one of the Völsungs, usually said to be Sigurð.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Fáfnir quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fáfnir card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In Nordic mythology, Fáfnir is the son of ______ and the brother of Regin and Ótr.
Answer
Hreiðmarr. In Nordic mythology, Fáfnir is the son of Hreiðmarr and the brother of Regin and Ótr. From the Fáfnir article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Pierre-Auguste Renoir 290,000 · Fáfnir 110,000 · K.Flay 64,000 · La fille du régiment 43,000 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 Nordic mythology, Fáfnir is the son of Hreiðmarr and the brother of Regin and Ótr.
- He is attested throughout the Völsung Cycle, where he commits patricide out of greed, taking the ring and hoard of the dwarf Andvari and shapeshifting into a dragon.
- Fáfnir's brother, Regin, later assists Sigurð in obtaining the sword Gram by which Fáfnir is killed.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fáfnir article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Fáfnir
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, Fáfnir (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jeblad, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
