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Old Prussians, an Uncommon card
Old Prussians, Baltic Prussians or simply Prussians were a Baltic people that inhabited the region of Prussia, on the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea between the Vistula Lagoon to the west and the Curonian Lagoon to the east.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Old Prussians quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Old Prussians card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Their ______ was later adopted by predominantly Low German-speaking inhabitants of the region.
Answer
ethnonym. Their ethnonym was later adopted by predominantly Low German-speaking inhabitants of the region. From the Old Prussians article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gijón. Gijón 77 · Old Prussians 73 · Snow Tha Product 70 · Char siu 67 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.
- As Balts, they spoke an Indo-European language of the Baltic branch now known as Old Prussian and worshipped pre-Christian deities.
- Their ethnonym was later adopted by predominantly Low German-speaking inhabitants of the region.
- The duchy of the Polans under Mieszko I, which was the predecessor of the Kingdom of Poland, first attempted to conquer and baptize the Baltic tribes during the 10th century, but repeatedly encountered strong resistance.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Old Prussians article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Old Prussians
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, Old Prussians (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : MapMaster, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
