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Michael Sendivogius, a Common card
Michael Sendivogius was a Polish alchemist, philosopher, and physician.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 89
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,400
Power 89 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Michael Sendivogius quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Michael Sendivogius card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He correctly ______ this "food of life" with the gas given off by heating nitre.
Answer
identified. He correctly identified this "food of life" with the gas given off by heating nitre. From the Michael Sendivogius article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Fang Xuanling. Fang Xuanling 66 · Fabre d'Églantine 60 · Michael Sendivogius 57 · Salamanca 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.
- A pioneer of chemistry, he developed ways of purifying and creating various acids, metals, and other chemicals.
- He discovered that air is not a single substance and contains a life-giving substance – later called oxygen – 170 years before Scheele's discovery of the element.
- He correctly identified this "food of life" with the gas given off by heating nitre.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Michael Sendivogius article was read about 9,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Michael Sendivogius
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Michael Sendivogius (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Łuszczkiewicz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

