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Uncommon card · Science
Hennig Brand, an Uncommon card
Hennig Brand was a German alchemist who lived and worked in Hamburg.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 26
- Power
- 82
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 82 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Hennig Brand quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hennig Brand card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
In ____, Brand accidentally discovered the chemical element phosphorus while searching for the "philosopher's stone", a substance which was believed to transmute base metals into gold.
Answer
1660s. In 1669, Brand accidentally discovered the chemical element phosphorus while searching for the "philosopher's stone", a substance which was believed to transmute base metals into gold. From the Hennig Brand article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Geoffrey. Geoffrey 60 · Hennig Brand 56 · Pipe cleaner 53 · Exocrine gland 46 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.
- In 1669, Brand accidentally discovered the chemical element phosphorus while searching for the "philosopher's stone", a substance which was believed to transmute base metals into gold.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hennig Brand 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 56 and blocks with 26: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Hennig Brand
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, Hennig Brand (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Joseph Wright of Derby, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
