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Gelug, an Uncommon card
The Gelug is the youngest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 72,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Gelug quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gelug card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The school of New Kadam, or New Kadampa is an ______ of the Gelug-tradition.
Answer
offshoot. The school of New Kadam, or New Kadampa is an offshoot of the Gelug-tradition. From the Gelug article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dan Evans. Dan Evans 92 · Economic growth 89 · 2012 Venezuelan presidential election 83 · Gelug 80 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 was founded by Je Tsongkhapa, a Tibetan philosopher, tantric yogi and lama and further expanded and developed by his disciples.
- The Gelug school is alternatively known as Kadam, since it sees itself as a continuation of the Kadam tradition of Atisha.
- The school of New Kadam, or New Kadampa is an offshoot of the Gelug-tradition.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gelug article was read about 72,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Gelug
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, Gelug (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
