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Epic card · Arts
Merlin, an Epic card
Merlin is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a prophet and a magician, along with several other main roles.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 88
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 186
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 540,000
Power 186 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Merlin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Merlin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Geoffrey's account presented Merlin as a ______ and royal advisor to Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon.
Answer
prophet. Geoffrey's account presented Merlin as a prophet and royal advisor to Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon. From the Merlin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Higgs boson. Higgs boson 97 · Mexican Revolution 94 · Alan Moore 91 · Merlin 88 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.
- The familiar depiction of Merlin, based on an amalgamation of historical and legendary figures, was introduced by the 12th-century Catholic cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth and then built on by the French poet Robert de Boron and prose successors in the 13th century.
- Geoffrey's account presented Merlin as a prophet and royal advisor to Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon.
- Geoffrey seems to have combined earlier Welsh tales of Myrddin and Emrys, two legendary Briton prophets with no connection to Arthur, to form the composite figure that he called Merlinus Ambrosius.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Merlin article was read about 540,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 88 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Merlin
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 Merlin in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Mexican RevolutionEpic · History · ATK 94 DEF 92
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- PythagorasEpic · Science · ATK 86 DEF 100
- Western Roman EmpireEpic · History · ATK 90 DEF 96
- Lake TahoeEpic · Nature · ATK 93 DEF 93
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Merlin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Howard Pyle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
