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Epic card · Science
Nostradamus, an Epic card
Michel de Nostredame, usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties, a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 700,000
Ranked #1,093 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Nostradamus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Nostradamus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Oda Nobunaga. Oda Nobunaga 92 · Bhopal disaster 89 · Yandex 84 · Nostradamus 78 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Yandex. Yandex 3,200,000 · World Wide Web 1,600,000 · Nostradamus 700,000 · 1922 in Michigan 460 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Nostradamus's father's family had originally been Jewish, but had converted to Catholic Christianity a generation before Nostradamus was born.
- He studied at the University of Avignon, but was forced to leave after just over a year when the university closed due to an outbreak of the plague.
- He worked as an apothecary for several years before entering the University of Montpellier, hoping to earn a doctorate, but was almost immediately expelled after his work as an apothecary was discovered.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nostradamus article was read about 700,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Nostradamus
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 Nostradamus in the power ranking, all domains together.
- The Great Wave off KanagawaEpic · Arts · ATK 79 DEF 98
- Oda NobunagaEpic · History · ATK 92 DEF 85
- Iraq national football teamEpic · Society · ATK 96 DEF 81
- Alex ZanardiEpic · Society · ATK 86 DEF 91
- KaliEpic · Arts · ATK 78 DEF 99
- Leif EriksonEpic · History · ATK 79 DEF 98
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Nostradamus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : César de Notre-Dame, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
