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Jiangshi, a Rare card
A jiāngshī, also known as a Chinese hopping vampire, is a type of undead creature or reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 121
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 210,000
Power 121 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Due to the influence of Hong Kong cinema, it is typically depicted in modern popular culture as a stiff corpse dressed in official garments from the Qing dynasty.
- Although the pronunciation of jiangshi varies in different East Asian countries, all of them refer to the Chinese version of vampire.
- In popular culture, it is commonly represented as hopping or leaping.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jiangshi article was read about 210,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Jiangshi
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Jiangshi in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Carl PalmerRare · Arts · ATK 65 DEF 56
- Jimmy DeanRare · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 54
- Del ShannonRare · History · ATK 65 DEF 56
- Link WrayRare · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 51
- Battle of Ain JalutRare · History · ATK 71 DEF 50
- CorundumRare · Science · ATK 66 DEF 55
Card lists
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jiangshi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
