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Epic card · Science
Mardi Gras, an Epic card
Mardi Gras, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is the final day of Carnival, it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 153
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 810,000
Power 153 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Mardi Gras quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mardi Gras card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Coastal management. Coastal management 78 · Maslow's hierarchy of needs 75 · Mardi Gras 72 · Software 68 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Viral video. Viral video 1,500,000 · Mardi Gras 810,000 · Coastal management 9,100 · Eugenio Espejo 4,200 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.
- Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", referring to it being the last day of consuming rich, fatty foods, most notably red meat, in preparation for the Christian fasting season of Lent, during which such foods are avoided.
- Related popular practices are associated with Carnival celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent.
- In countries such as the United Kingdom, Mardi Gras is more usually known as Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday, derived from the word shrive, meaning "to administer the sacrament of confession to, to absolve".
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mardi Gras article was read about 810,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Mardi Gras
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mardi Gras (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
