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Uncommon card · History
Grand Palace, an Uncommon card
The Grand Palace is a complex of buildings at the heart of Bangkok, Thailand.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 186
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 186 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Grand Palace quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Grand Palace card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The palace has been the ______ residence of the Kings of Siam since 1782.
Answer
official. The palace has been the official residence of the Kings of Siam since 1782. From the Grand Palace article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The king, his court, and his royal government were based on the grounds of the palace until ____.
Answer
1920s. The king, his court, and his royal government were based on the grounds of the palace until 1925. From the Grand Palace article on Wikipedia.
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 palace has been the official residence of the Kings of Siam since 1782.
- The king, his court, and his royal government were based on the grounds of the palace until 1925.
- King Bhumibol Adulyadej, resided at the Chitralada Royal Villa and his successor King Vajiralongkorn resides at the Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall, both in the Dusit Palace, but the Grand Palace is still used for official events.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Grand Palace article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Grand Palace
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, Grand Palace (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Preecha.MJ, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
