WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Science cards · Matteo Ricci
Uncommon card · Science
Matteo Ricci, an Uncommon card
Matteo Ricci was an Italian Jesuit who served in the court of Ming dynasty China and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 156
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 71,000
Power 156 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Matteo Ricci quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Matteo Ricci card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He created the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, a 1602 world map written in Chinese ______.
Answer
characters. He created the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, a 1602 world map written in Chinese characters. From the Matteo Ricci article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, the Apostolic See declared its recognition of Ricci's heroic virtue, thereby bestowing upon him the honorific of a Venerable.
Answer
2020s. In 2022, the Apostolic See declared its recognition of Ricci's heroic virtue, thereby bestowing upon him the honorific of a Venerable. From the Matteo Ricci article on Wikipedia.
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.
- He created the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, a 1602 world map written in Chinese characters.
- In 2022, the Apostolic See declared its recognition of Ricci's heroic virtue, thereby bestowing upon him the honorific of a Venerable.
- Ricci arrived at the Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1582 where he began his missionary work in China.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Matteo Ricci article was read about 71,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Matteo Ricci
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 Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Matteo Ricci in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Joseph BenavidezUncommon · Arts · ATK 78 DEF 78
- LootingUncommon · Society · ATK 75 DEF 81
- Scott SpeedUncommon · Society · ATK 85 DEF 71
- Roman PavlyuchenkoUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 80
- Éric GagnéUncommon · History · ATK 74 DEF 82
- Alex GreyUncommon · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 83
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Matteo Ricci (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Chinese brother Emmanuel Pereira (born Yu Wen-hui 游文辉), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
