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Kirkuk, an Uncommon card
Kirkuk is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 78,000
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Kirkuk quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kirkuk card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Kirkuk sits on the ruins of the ______ Kirkuk Citadel which sits near the Khasa River.
Answer
original. Kirkuk sits on the ruins of the original Kirkuk Citadel which sits near the Khasa River. From the Kirkuk article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Urbanization. Urbanization 86 · Kirkuk 83 · Ed Bradley 78 · Hypergiant 74 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.
- The city is home to a diverse population of Kurds, Iraqi Turkmens and Arabs, as well as smaller numbers of Assyrians.
- Kirkuk sits on the ruins of the original Kirkuk Citadel which sits near the Khasa River.
- Due to its diverse population, shaped by various forms of demographic engineering such as Arabization, the status of Kirkuk is highly contested and has led to recurring disputes.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kirkuk article was read about 78,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Kirkuk
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, Kirkuk (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Chad.r.hill at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
