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Uncommon card · Science
Kente cloth, an Uncommon card
Kente is a Ghanaian textile, officially recognised as a geographical indication of Ghana to safeguard its authenticity and origin.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 68,000
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Kente cloth quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kente cloth card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is made of hand-woven ______ of silk and cotton.
Answer
strips. It is made of hand-woven strips of silk and cotton. From the Kente cloth article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
A. J. P. Taylor. A. J. P. Taylor 80 · Instant camera 70 · Hydraulics 67 · Kente cloth 64 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.
- It is made of hand-woven strips of silk and cotton.
- Historically, the fabric was worn in a toga-like fashion among the Asante, Akan and Ewe people.
- According to Asante oral tradition, it originated from Bonwire in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kente cloth article was read about 68,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Kente cloth
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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The cards just above and just below Kente cloth in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Frog legsUncommon · Nature · ATK 69 DEF 62
- Grover Cleveland AlexanderUncommon · Society · ATK 68 DEF 63
- Military of the Mongol EmpireUncommon · History · ATK 66 DEF 65
- Flash mobUncommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 63
- Blind Lemon JeffersonUncommon · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 61
- Lewis MumfordUncommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 59
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kente cloth (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : User:Bottracker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
