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History of the steam engine, an Uncommon card

The first recorded rudimentary steam engine was the aeolipile, mentioned by Vitruvius between 30 and 15 BCE and described by Heron of Alexandria in 1st-century Roman Egypt.

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Rarity
Uncommon
Domain
History
ATK
78
DEF
84
Power
162
Wikipedia reads a year
69,000

Power 162 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.

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Why it is Uncommon

Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of the steam engine article was read about 69,000 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 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.

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Text : Wikipedia, History of the steam engine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Original: Unknown Source: Institute of Human Thermodynamics and IoHT Publishing Ltd., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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