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Rare card · Science
Greek fire, a Rare card
Greek fire was an incendiary weapon used by the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 400,000
Power 172 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Greek fire quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Greek fire card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ for Greek fire was a closely-guarded state secret and has been lost to history.
Answer
recipe. The recipe for Greek fire was a closely-guarded state secret and has been lost to history. From the Greek fire article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Neutron star. Neutron star 89 · Samsung Galaxy 85 · Horseshoe crab 82 · Greek fire 76 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.
- The recipe for Greek fire was a closely-guarded state secret and has been lost to history.
- Historians have variously speculated that it was based on saltpeter, sulfur, or quicklime, but most modern scholars agree that it was based on petroleum mixed with resins, comparable in composition to modern napalm.
- Byzantine sailors would toss grenades loaded with Greek fire onto enemy ships or spray it from tubes.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Greek fire article was read about 400,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Greek fire
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, Greek fire (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
