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Uncommon card · Society
Gao, an Uncommon card
Gao is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 75,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Gao quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gao card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
For much of its history, Gao was an ______ commercial centre involved in the trans-Saharan trade.
Answer
important. For much of its history, Gao was an important commercial centre involved in the trans-Saharan trade. From the Gao article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Marco Andretti. Marco Andretti 85 · Ivano-Frankivsk 80 · Gao 76 · Gary Sánchez 73 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 city is located on the River Niger, 320 km east-southeast of Timbuktu on the left bank at the junction with the Tilemsi valley.
- For much of its history, Gao was an important commercial centre involved in the trans-Saharan trade.
- In the 9th century external Arabic writers described Gao as an important regional power, and by the end of the 10th century, the local ruler was said to be a Muslim.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gao article was read about 75,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Gao
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Gao in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Dick MurdochUncommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 82
- Gary SánchezUncommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 86
- Greek AmericansUncommon · Science · ATK 79 DEF 80
- Ivano-FrankivskUncommon · Society · ATK 80 DEF 79
- Common octopusUncommon · Nature · ATK 75 DEF 84
- HistologyUncommon · Science · ATK 71 DEF 88
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gao (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : David Sessoms from Fribourg, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
