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Uncommon card · History
Five-card stud, an Uncommon card
Five-card stud is the earliest form of the card game stud poker, originating during the American Civil War, but is less commonly played today than many other more popular poker games.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 105
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 105 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Five-card stud quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Five-card stud card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The word sökö is also used for ______ in Finland.
Answer
checking. The word sökö is also used for checking in Finland. From the Five-card stud article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Georgios Papandreou. Georgios Papandreou 66 · Five-card stud 62 · Mary the Jewess 59 · Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark 56 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.
- It is still a popular game in parts of the world, especially in Finland where a specific variant of five-card stud called Sökö is played.
- The word sökö is also used for checking in Finland.
- The description below assumes that one is familiar with the general game play of poker, and with hand values.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Five-card stud article was read about 49,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Five-card stud
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 Five-card stud in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Battle of GaliciaUncommon · History · ATK 64 DEF 41
- Henry O. GodwinnUncommon · Society · ATK 61 DEF 44
- Black helicopterUncommon · History · ATK 65 DEF 40
- Mary the JewessUncommon · History · ATK 59 DEF 46
- NegationUncommon · Nature · ATK 64 DEF 41
- Phil VassarUncommon · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 43
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Five-card stud (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ron Maijen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
