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Hongwu Emperor, a Rare card
The Hongwu Emperor, personal name Zhu Yuanzhang, was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from 1368 to 1398.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 300,000
Power 185 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Hongwu Emperor quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hongwu Emperor card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
When he was 16, his parents and brother died in an ______.
Answer
epidemic. When he was 16, his parents and brother died in an epidemic. From the Hongwu Emperor article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Born in ____ into a peasant family in Anhui, Zhu Yuanzhang grew up during a period of epidemics, famines, and widespread uprisings in China under the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.
Answer
1320s. Born in 1328 into a peasant family in Anhui, Zhu Yuanzhang grew up during a period of epidemics, famines, and widespread uprisings in China under the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. From the Hongwu Emperor article on Wikipedia.
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.
- Born in 1328 into a peasant family in Anhui, Zhu Yuanzhang grew up during a period of epidemics, famines, and widespread uprisings in China under the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.
- When he was 16, his parents and brother died in an epidemic.
- The orphaned Zhu briefly lived as a novice monk, begging for alms and gaining insight into the hardships of the common people.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hongwu Emperor article was read about 300,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Hongwu Emperor
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, Hongwu Emperor (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
