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Rare card · History
New Amsterdam, a Rare card
New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 152
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 330,000
Power 152 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
New Amsterdam quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the New Amsterdam card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ trading factory gave rise to the settlement around Fort Amsterdam.
Answer
initial. The initial trading factory gave rise to the settlement around Fort Amsterdam. From the New Amsterdam article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Newton's method. Newton's method 81 · New Amsterdam 77 · Karl Malden 74 · Fred Haise 71 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 initial trading factory gave rise to the settlement around Fort Amsterdam.
- The fort was situated on the strategic southern tip of the island of Manhattan and was meant to defend the fur trade operations of the Dutch West India Company in the North River.
- In 1624, it became a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic and was designated as the capital of the province in 1625.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The New Amsterdam article was read about 330,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get New Amsterdam
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below New Amsterdam in the power ranking, all domains together.
- TapirRare · Nature · ATK 73 DEF 79
- CroissantRare · Society · ATK 75 DEF 77
- Karl MaldenRare · History · ATK 74 DEF 78
- Francisco PizarroRare · History · ATK 76 DEF 76
- Milkha SinghRare · Society · ATK 74 DEF 78
- Newton's methodRare · Science · ATK 81 DEF 71
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, New Amsterdam (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jacob van Meurs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
