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Uncommon card · Arts
Iolanthe, an Uncommon card
Iolanthe, or, The Peer and the Peri is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, first performed in 1882.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 166
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 37,000
Power 166 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Iolanthe quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Iolanthe card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Her son, Strephon, is an Arcadian shepherd who wants to marry Phyllis, a Ward of ______.
Answer
Chancery. Her son, Strephon, is an Arcadian shepherd who wants to marry Phyllis, a Ward of Chancery. From the Iolanthe article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Iolanthe, or, The Peer and the Peri is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, first performed in ____.
Answer
1880s. Iolanthe, or, The Peer and the Peri is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, first performed in 1882. From the Iolanthe article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird. The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird 93 · Ceramic capacitor 86 · Ambient music 81 · Iolanthe 77 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.
- It is one of the Savoy operas and is the seventh of fourteen operatic collaborations by Gilbert and Sullivan.
- In the opera, the fairy Iolanthe has been banished from fairyland because she married a mortal, this is forbidden by fairy law.
- Her son, Strephon, is an Arcadian shepherd who wants to marry Phyllis, a Ward of Chancery.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Iolanthe article was read about 37,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Iolanthe
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, Iolanthe (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : George H. Walker & Co., restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
