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Rare card · History
Kartikeya, a Rare card
Kartikeya, also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha or Muruga, is the Hindu god of war.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 420,000
Power 183 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Kartikeya quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kartikeya card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Kartikeya has been an ______ deity in the Indian subcontinent since ancient times.
Answer
important. Kartikeya has been an important deity in the Indian subcontinent since ancient times. From the Kartikeya article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis. 2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis 98 · Suharto 91 · War 88 · Kartikeya 84 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 generally described as the son of the deities Shiva and Parvati and the brother of Ganesha.
- Kartikeya has been an important deity in the Indian subcontinent since ancient times.
- Mentions of Skanda in the Sanskrit literature dates back to fifth century BCE and the mythology relating to Kartikeya became widespread in North India around the second century BCE.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kartikeya article was read about 420,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Kartikeya
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, Kartikeya (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Shesmax, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
