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Olynthus, a Common card
Olynthus is an ancient city in present-day Chalcidice, Greece.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Ranked #2,234 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Olynthus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Olynthus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The city flourished between 432 BCE and its ______ by Philip II of Macedon in 348 BCE.
Answer
destruction. The city flourished between 432 BCE and its destruction by Philip II of Macedon in 348 BCE. From the Olynthus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Africa–United States relations. Africa–United States relations 76 · Manchester United F.C. league record by opponent 73 · John M. Patterson 70 · Olynthus 64 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Shimazu Nariakira. Shimazu Nariakira 19,000 · Olynthus 11,000 · Africa–United States relations 7,200 · List of tallest buildings in Mobile 5,700 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.
- It was built mostly on two flat-topped hills 30–40m in height, in a fertile plain at the head of the Gulf of Torone, near the neck of the peninsula of Pallene, about 2.5 kilometers from the sea, and about 60 stadia from Poteidaea.
- Olynthus served as head of the Chalcidian League from its inception just before the Peloponnesian War to the time the city was destroyed in the Social War.
- The city flourished between 432 BCE and its destruction by Philip II of Macedon in 348 BCE.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Olynthus 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 64 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Olynthus
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Olynthus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Hermann Hammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
