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Hercules, an Uncommon card
Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 143 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Hercules quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hercules card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is the fifth-largest of the modern ______ and is the largest of the 50 which have no stars brighter than apparent magnitude +2.5.
Answer
constellations. It is the fifth-largest of the modern constellations and is the largest of the 50 which have no stars brighter than apparent magnitude +2.5. From the Hercules article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Eric Mun. Eric Mun 76 · Hercules 73 · The Strumbellas 70 · Epistle to the Colossians 67 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.
- Hercules was one of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today.
- It is the fifth-largest of the modern constellations and is the largest of the 50 which have no stars brighter than apparent magnitude +2.5.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hercules article was read about 49,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Hercules
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.
More Arts cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Hercules in the power ranking, all domains together.
- HydrogenationUncommon · Science · ATK 73 DEF 70
- PlaygroundUncommon · Society · ATK 75 DEF 68
- Retief GoosenUncommon · Society · ATK 80 DEF 63
- Max LinderUncommon · Arts · ATK 72 DEF 71
- Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of AlbaUncommon · History · ATK 73 DEF 70
- The StrumbellasUncommon · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 73
Card lists
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hercules (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
