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Epic card · Arts
Goliath, an Epic card
Goliath is a legendary Philistine warrior of giant stature attested to in the Biblical narratives of 1 and 2 Samuel.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 155
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 600,000
Power 155 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Goliath quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Goliath card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1 Samuel 17 Goliath plays a more expansive and pivotal antagonistic role within the ______ of King David.
Answer
biography. In 1 Samuel 17 Goliath plays a more expansive and pivotal antagonistic role within the biography of King David. From the Goliath article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Poisson distribution. Poisson distribution 83 · Alan Alda 80 · Goliath 74 · Isaac 70 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Alan Alda. Alan Alda 1,400,000 · Les Misérables 990,000 · Bob Fosse 780,000 · Goliath 600,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 scholarly consensus holds that, of the two accounts of Goliath in Biblical scripture, the older text depicts Goliath as being killed by Elhanan, son of Jaare-oregim, as described by the author of 2 Samuel 21:19.
- In 1 Samuel 17 Goliath plays a more expansive and pivotal antagonistic role within the biography of King David.
- According to this narrative, Goliath challenges the Israelites to send forward a champion to defeat him in single combat.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Goliath article was read about 600,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Goliath
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 Goliath in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Poisson distributionEpic · Science · ATK 83 DEF 72
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- Acropolis of AthensEpic · History · ATK 76 DEF 79
- TaekwondoEpic · Society · ATK 82 DEF 73
- Bánh mìRare · History · ATK 74 DEF 81
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Goliath (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Osmar Schindler (1869-1927), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
