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Matthias Castrén, a Common card
Matthias Alexander Castrén was a Finnish ethnologist and philologist who was a pioneer in the study of the Uralic languages.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 95
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,200
Power 95 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Matthias Castrén quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Matthias Castrén card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was an ______, author and linguist at the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki.
Answer
educator. He was an educator, author and linguist at the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki. From the Matthias Castrén article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Thomas Krol. Thomas Krol 67 · Open-pan salt making 60 · Matthias Castrén 54 · Oldsmobile Light Eight 50 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 was an educator, author and linguist at the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki.
- Castrén is known for his research in the linguistics and ethnography of the Northern Eurasian peoples.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Matthias Castrén article was read about 4,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Matthias Castrén
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The cards just above and just below Matthias Castrén in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Thomas KrolCommon · Society · ATK 67 DEF 28
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- Richard SemonCommon · History · ATK 60 DEF 35
- Usha PriyamvadaCommon · Arts · ATK 54 DEF 41
- Laing Art GalleryCommon · Arts · ATK 50 DEF 45
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Matthias Castrén (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
