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Uncommon card · History
Hard power, an Uncommon card
Hard power in politics is the use of military and economic means to influence the behavior or interests of other political bodies.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 53
- DEF
- 24
- Power
- 77
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 77 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Hard power quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hard power card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Hard power contrasts with soft power, which comes from ______, culture and history.
Answer
diplomacy. Hard power contrasts with soft power, which comes from diplomacy, culture and history. From the Hard power article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
George Howarth. George Howarth 59 · Hard power 53 · Olaf II of Denmark 48 · Madem G15 45 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.
- This form of political power is often aggressive, and is most immediately effective when imposed by one political body upon another of less military and/or economic power.
- Hard power contrasts with soft power, which comes from diplomacy, culture and history.
- According to Joseph Nye, hard power involves "the ability to use the carrots and sticks of economic and military might to make others follow your will".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hard power article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 53 and blocks with 24: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Hard power
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, Hard power (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Brian Knoll, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
