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Ode to Joy, a Rare card
"Ode to Joy" is an ode written in the summer of 1785 by the German poet, playwright, and historian Friedrich Schiller.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 106 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Ode to Joy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ode to Joy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was published the following year in the ______ magazine Thalia.
Answer
German. It was published the following year in the German magazine Thalia. From the Ode to Joy article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
"Ode to Joy" is an ode written in the summer of ____ by the German poet, playwright, and historian Friedrich Schiller.
Answer
1780s. "Ode to Joy" is an ode written in the summer of 1785 by the German poet, playwright, and historian Friedrich Schiller. From the Ode to Joy article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Richard Deacon. Richard Deacon 70 · Ode to Joy 67 · Eddie Griffin 64 · Katherine Moennig 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.
- It was published the following year in the German magazine Thalia.
- In 1808, a slightly revised version changed two lines of the first stanza and omitted the last stanza.
- "Ode to Joy" is best known for its use by Ludwig van Beethoven in the final movement of his Ninth Symphony, completed in 1824.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ode to Joy article was read about 230,000 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 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Ode to Joy
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, Ode to Joy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Friedrich Schiller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
