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Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, an Uncommon card
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, nicknamed "o Pacificador" and "o Duque de Ferro", was an army officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 182
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 182 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Like his father and uncles, Caxias pursued a ______ career.
Answer
military. Like his father and uncles, Caxias pursued a military career. From the Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Though his own father and uncles renounced Emperor Dom Pedro I during the protests of ____, Caxias remained loyal.
Answer
1830s. Though his own father and uncles renounced Emperor Dom Pedro I during the protests of 1831, Caxias remained loyal. From the Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
History of Peru. History of Peru 52,000 · Tughril I 31,000 · Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias 21,000 · John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk 14,000 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.
- Like his father and uncles, Caxias pursued a military career.
- In 1823 he fought as a young officer in the Brazilian War of Independence against Portugal, then spent three years in Brazil's southernmost province, Cisplatina, as the government unsuccessfully resisted that province's secession in the Cisplatine War.
- Though his own father and uncles renounced Emperor Dom Pedro I during the protests of 1831, Caxias remained loyal.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias article was read about 21,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias
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Text : Wikipedia, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Goupil, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
