WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Science cards · Nicholas Culpeper
Uncommon card · Science
Nicholas Culpeper, an Uncommon card
Nicholas Culpeper was an English botanist, herbalist, physician and astrologer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 108
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 108 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Nicholas Culpeper quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Nicholas Culpeper card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Culpeper catalogued hundreds of ______ medicinal herbs.
Answer
outdoor. Culpeper catalogued hundreds of outdoor medicinal herbs. From the Nicholas Culpeper article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
David Hobbs. David Hobbs 70 · Nicholas Culpeper 67 · Eightfold way 64 · Sample space 61 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.
- His book The English Physitian is a source of pharmaceutical and herbal lore of the time, and Astrological Judgement of Diseases from the Decumbiture of the Sick one of the most detailed works on medical astrology in Early Modern Europe.
- Culpeper catalogued hundreds of outdoor medicinal herbs.
- He scolded contemporaries for some of the methods they used in herbal medicine: "This not being pleasing, and less profitable to me, I consulted with my two brothers, Dr. Reason and Dr. Experience, and took a voyage to visit my mother Nature, by whose advice, together with the help of Dr. Diligence, I at last obtained my desire, and, being warned by Mr.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nicholas Culpeper article was read about 24,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Nicholas Culpeper
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.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Nicholas Culpeper in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Rotterdam MetroUncommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 45
- David HobbsUncommon · Society · ATK 70 DEF 38
- Ferenc MolnárUncommon · Arts · ATK 63 DEF 45
- Phil ZimmermannUncommon · Science · ATK 61 DEF 47
- AdatUncommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 45
- Antoine RousselUncommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 45
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Nicholas Culpeper (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Richard Gaywood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
