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Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, a Common card
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, sometimes Augier Ghislain de Busbecq, was a 16th-century Flemish writer, herbalist and diplomat in the employ of three generations of Austrian monarchs.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 85
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 85 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is credited with the ______ of tulips into Western Europe and to the origin of their name.
Answer
introduction. He is credited with the introduction of tulips into Western Europe and to the origin of their name. From the Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lord Warden of the Marches. Lord Warden of the Marches 59 · Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq 55 · Leicester Arena 52 · Wally Feresten 49 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.
- He served as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople and in 1581 published a book about his time there, Itinera Constantinopolitanum et Amasianum, re-published in 1595 under the title of Turcicae epistolae or Turkish Letters.
- His letters also contain the only surviving word list of Crimean Gothic, a Germanic dialect spoken at the time in some isolated regions of Crimea.
- He is credited with the introduction of tulips into Western Europe and to the origin of their name.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Leicester ArenaCommon · Society · ATK 52 DEF 33
- Lord Warden of the MarchesCommon · History · ATK 59 DEF 26
- MishkaCommon · Arts · ATK 53 DEF 32
- Rudy HatfieldCommon · Society · ATK 56 DEF 29
- Stefan RoweckiCommon · History · ATK 57 DEF 28
- Wally FerestenCommon · Society · ATK 49 DEF 36
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Melchior Lorck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
