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Uncommon card · History
Hamilcar Barca, an Uncommon card
Hamilcar Barca or Barcas was a Carthaginian general and statesman, leader of the Barcid family, and father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal and Mago.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Ranked #1,004 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Hamilcar Barca quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hamilcar Barca card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was also father-in-law to ______ the Fair.
Answer
Hasdrubal. He was also father-in-law to Hasdrubal the Fair. From the Hamilcar Barca article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of England. History of England 90 · History of writing 86 · Sokoto Caliphate 82 · Hamilcar Barca 78 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.
- He was also father-in-law to Hasdrubal the Fair.
- Hamilcar commanded the Carthaginian land forces in Sicily from 247 BC to 241 BC, during the latter stages of the First Punic War.
- He kept his army intact and led a successful guerrilla war against the Romans in Sicily.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hamilcar Barca article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Hamilcar Barca
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hamilcar Barca (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Max Karl Baldamus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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