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Ferdowsi, an Uncommon card
Abul-Qāsem Mansur bin Hasan Tosi, better known by his pen name Ferdowsi, was a Persian poet who is notable for being the author of the Shahnameh, which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of the Persian-speaking countries.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Ferdowsi is celebrated as one of the most influential figures of Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature.
- Born in 940, Ferdowsi came from a family of landed gentry.
- He spent the beginning of his life in the Samanid era and at the same time as the movement for independence and identity among Iranians.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ferdowsi 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 85 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Ferdowsi
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ferdowsi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ca. 1476–86 artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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