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Girolamo Fracastoro, a Common card
Girolamo Fracastoro was an Italian physician, poet, and scholar in mathematics, geography and astronomy.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 102
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 102 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Fracastoro subscribed to the philosophy of atomism, and rejected appeals to hidden causes in scientific investigation.
- His studies of the mode of syphilis transmission are an early example of epidemiology.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Girolamo Fracastoro article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Girolamo Fracastoro
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, Girolamo Fracastoro (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Attributed to Titian, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
