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Uncommon card · History
Jousting, an Uncommon card
Jousting is a medieval and renaissance martial game or hastilude between two combatants either on horse or on foot.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Jousting quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jousting card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The joust became an iconic ______ of the knight in Romantic medievalism.
Answer
characteristic. The joust became an iconic characteristic of the knight in Romantic medievalism. From the Jousting article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The word was loaned into Middle English around ____, when jousting was a very popular sport among the Anglo-Norman knighthood.
Answer
1300s. The word was loaned into Middle English around 1300, when jousting was a very popular sport among the Anglo-Norman knighthood. From the Jousting 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.
- The joust became an iconic characteristic of the knight in Romantic medievalism.
- The term is derived from Old French joster, ultimately from Latin iuxtare "to approach, to meet".
- The word was loaned into Middle English around 1300, when jousting was a very popular sport among the Anglo-Norman knighthood.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jousting article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Jousting
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, Jousting (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Paulus Hector Mair, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
