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Rare card · History
Halberd, a Rare card
A halberd is a two-handed polearm that was in prominent use in Europe from the 13th to 16th centuries.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 118
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 240,000
Power 118 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Halberd quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Halberd card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The halberd was usually 6.6 to 8.2ft, or 2.0 to 2.5 ______, long.
Answer
metres. The halberd was usually 6.6 to 8.2ft, or 2.0 to 2.5 metres, long. From the Halberd article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Just Fontaine. Just Fontaine 520,000 · Halberd 240,000 · Uffizi 170,000 · Robert Wright 720 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 halberd consists of an axe blade topped with a spike mounted on a long shaft.
- It may have a hook or thorn on the back of the axe blade for grappling mounted combatants and protecting allied soldiers, typically musketeers.
- The halberd was usually 6.6 to 8.2ft, or 2.0 to 2.5 metres, long.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Halberd article was read about 240,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Halberd
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 Halberd in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Joe HisaishiRare · Arts · ATK 72 DEF 46
- Soubin ShahirRare · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 50
- Confederation of the RhineRare · History · ATK 70 DEF 48
- Merlin OlsenRare · Society · ATK 70 DEF 48
- José Gonzalo Rodríguez GachaRare · Society · ATK 68 DEF 50
- Mike RutherfordRare · Arts · ATK 66 DEF 52
Card lists
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Halberd (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : , Lucas, 1534-1584 (viaf)47561729, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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