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False flag, a Rare card
A false flag operation is an act committed with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on another party.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 300,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The term "false flag" originated in the 16th century as a strictly figurative expression for an intentional misrepresentation of someone's allegiance, and centuries later also came to be used literally for a ruse in naval warfare whereby a vessel flew the flag of a neutral or enemy country to hide its true identity.
- The naval tactic was initially used by pirates and privateers to deceive other ships into allowing them to move closer before attacking them.
- Showing a literal false flag was later deemed an acceptable practice during naval warfare according to international maritime laws, provided that a vessel displayed its true flag before commencing an attack.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The False flag article was read about 300,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, False flag (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : RuthAS, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.