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Loulan, a Common card
Loulan, also known by its indigenous name Kroraina or Kroran, was an ancient Tocharian kingdom in the Tarim Basin, today consumed by the Lop Desert.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 155
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,400
Power 155 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Loulan quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Loulan card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
At the time, it was said to be on the ______ edge of the Lop Desert.
Answer
northeastern. At the time, it was said to be on the northeastern edge of the Lop Desert. From the Loulan article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of 2008 Summer Olympics medal winners. List of 2008 Summer Olympics medal winners 91 · Battle of Zabadani 81 · Wanda Wasilewska 76 · Loulan 73 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Álvaro Colom. Álvaro Colom 14,000 · Face powder 11,000 · Loulan 7,400 · Battle of Zabadani 3,900 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Based around what was at the time an important oasis city along the Silk Road, Loulan was already known as far back as the 2nd century BCE.
- At the time, it was said to be on the northeastern edge of the Lop Desert.
- The capital of the kingdom sat alongside aside the lake Lop Nur, which today has dried entirely into desert.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Loulan article was read about 7,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Loulan
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, Loulan (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. World Imaging assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
