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Johannes Trithemius, an Uncommon card
Johannes Trithemius, born Johann Heidenberg, was a German Benedictine abbot and a polymath who was active in the German Renaissance as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer, and occultist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 30,000
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Johannes Trithemius quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Johannes Trithemius card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ included Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus.
Answer
students. His students included Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus. From the Johannes Trithemius article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Johannes Trithemius. Johannes Trithemius 69 · Dinocaridida 66 · Doug Hurley 63 · Solar eclipse of September 21, 2025 57 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.
- He is considered the founder of modern cryptography and steganography, as well as the founder of bibliography and literary studies as branches of knowledge.
- He had considerable influence on the development of early modern and modern occultism.
- His students included Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Johannes Trithemius article was read about 30,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Johannes Trithemius (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : CSvBibra, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

