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Jost Bürgi, a Common card
Jost Bürgi, active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, mathematician, and writer.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,100
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Jost Bürgi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jost Bürgi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Burgi was the brother-in-law and adoptive father of ______ Bramer.
Answer
Benjamin. Burgi was the brother-in-law and adoptive father of Benjamin Bramer. From the Jost Bürgi article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
USCGC Morgenthau. USCGC Morgenthau 68 · Alpha Cygni variable 63 · Jost Bürgi 60 · Marie Under 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.
- Burgi was the brother-in-law and adoptive father of Benjamin Bramer.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jost Bürgi article was read about 5,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Jost Bürgi
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 Jost Bürgi in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Marie UnderCommon · Arts · ATK 57 DEF 53
- Colby LewisCommon · Society · ATK 64 DEF 46
- Ellen StewartCommon · Arts · ATK 60 DEF 50
- Kálmán TihanyiCommon · Science · ATK 60 DEF 50
- Fitness trailCommon · Society · ATK 64 DEF 46
- Maria DąbrowskaCommon · History · ATK 61 DEF 49
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jost Bürgi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : User Dvoigt on de.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
