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Uncommon card · Arts
Limerick, an Uncommon card
A limerick is a form of verse that appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 160,000
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Limerick quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Limerick card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was ______ by Edward Lear in the 19th century, although he did not use the term.
Answer
popularized. It was popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century, although he did not use the term. From the Limerick article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Isabel Sanford. Isabel Sanford 64 · Limerick 61 · Chas Chandler 57 · American Shorthair 54 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.
- In combination with a refrain, it forms a limerick song, a traditional humorous drinking song often with obscene verses.
- It is written in five-line, predominantly anapestic and amphibrach trimeter with a strict rhyme scheme of A A B B A, in which the first, second and fifth lines rhyme, while the third and fourth ones are shorter and share a different rhyme.
- It was popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century, although he did not use the term.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Limerick article was read about 160,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Limerick
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.
More Arts cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Limerick in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Paolo GucciUncommon · Society · ATK 58 DEF 46
- Mandira BediUncommon · Arts · ATK 61 DEF 43
- James ShafferUncommon · Arts · ATK 60 DEF 44
- American ShorthairUncommon · Nature · ATK 54 DEF 50
- BlimpUncommon · Science · ATK 62 DEF 42
- MartialUncommon · Arts · ATK 66 DEF 38
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Limerick (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Sheila1988, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
