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Uncommon card · Science
Matthew Paris, an Uncommon card
Matthew Paris, also known as Matthew of Paris, was an English Benedictine monk, chronicler, artist in illuminated manuscripts, and cartographer who was based at St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 40,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Matthew Paris quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Matthew Paris card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Some were ______ in Latin, others in Anglo-Norman or French verse.
Answer
written. Some were written in Latin, others in Anglo-Norman or French verse. From the Matthew Paris article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ryan Hunter-Reay. Ryan Hunter-Reay 87 · Cryptanalysis 75 · Matthew Paris 72 · Thermohaline circulation 67 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.
- He authored a number of historical works, many of which he scribed and illuminated himself, typically in drawings partly coloured with watercolour washes, sometimes called "tinted drawings".
- Some were written in Latin, others in Anglo-Norman or French verse.
- He is sometimes confused with the nonexistent Matthew of Westminster.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Matthew Paris article was read about 40,000 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 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Matthew Paris
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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The cards just above and just below Matthew Paris in the power ranking, all domains together.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Matthew Paris (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Matthew Paris (c.1200-1259). Photograph by the British Library., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
