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Uncommon card · History
North Sea Empire, an Uncommon card
The North Sea Empire, also known as the Anglo-Scandinavian Empire, was the personal union of the kingdoms of England, Denmark and Norway for most of the period between 1013 and 1042 towards the end of the Viking Age.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 147
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 147 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
North Sea Empire quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the North Sea Empire card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He died in the following year, and his realm was ______.
Answer
divided. He died in the following year, and his realm was divided. From the North Sea Empire article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1992 Formula One World Championship. 1992 Formula One World Championship 85 · Ostrogothic Kingdom 76 · North Sea Empire 72 · Louis VI of France 69 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.
- This ephemeral Norse-ruled empire was a thalassocracy, its components only connected by and dependent upon the sea.
- The first king to unite all three kingdoms was Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark since 986 and of Norway since 1000, when he conquered England in 1013.
- He died in the following year, and his realm was divided.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The North Sea Empire article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get North Sea Empire
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, North Sea Empire (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Hel-hama, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
