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Uncommon card · History
Gerald of Wales, an Uncommon card
Gerald of Wales was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 37,000
Power 129 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Gerald of Wales quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gerald of Wales card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He studied and taught in France and ______ Rome several times, meeting the Pope.
Answer
visited. He studied and taught in France and visited Rome several times, meeting the Pope. From the Gerald of Wales article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Natasha Zvereva. Natasha Zvereva 85 · Angel McCoughtry 74 · Gerald of Wales 70 · Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War 66 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.
- As a royal clerk to the king and two archbishops, he travelled widely and wrote extensively.
- He studied and taught in France and visited Rome several times, meeting the Pope.
- He was nominated for several bishoprics but turned them down in the hope of becoming Bishop of St Davids, but was unsuccessful despite considerable support.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gerald of Wales article was read about 37,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Gerald of Wales
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 Gerald of Wales in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Stacey KentUncommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 61
- AlexiadUncommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 61
- Angel McCoughtryUncommon · Society · ATK 74 DEF 55
- Lysander SpoonerUncommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 57
- Natasha ZverevaUncommon · Society · ATK 85 DEF 44
- Boris AkuninUncommon · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 54
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gerald of Wales (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tipcake, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
