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Uncommon card · History
Heliopolis, an Uncommon card
Heliopolis was a major city of ancient Egypt.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 127
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 92,000
Power 127 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Heliopolis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Heliopolis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was the capital of the ______ or 13th Nome of Lower Egypt and a major religious centre.
Answer
Heliopolite. It was the capital of the Heliopolite or 13th Nome of Lower Egypt and a major religious centre. From the Heliopolis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
PP-19 Bizon. PP-19 Bizon 150,000 · Helmuth von Moltke the Younger 120,000 · Heliopolis 92,000 · Battle of Rocroi 72,000 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.
- It was the capital of the Heliopolite or 13th Nome of Lower Egypt and a major religious centre.
- Its site is within the boundaries of Ain Shams and El Matareya districts in northeastern Cairo.
- One of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt, occupied since prehistoric Egypt, it greatly expanded under the Old and Middle Kingdoms.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Heliopolis article was read about 92,000 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 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Heliopolis
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Heliopolis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
