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Epic card · Arts
Ouroboros, an Epic card
The ouroboros or uroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a snake or dragon eating its own tail.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 145
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 800,000
Power 145 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Ouroboros quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ouroboros card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was adopted as a ______ in Gnosticism, Hermeticism, and alchemy.
Answer
symbol. It was adopted as a symbol in Gnosticism, Hermeticism, and alchemy. From the Ouroboros article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Beverly Hills, 90210. Beverly Hills, 90210 82 · Randy Newman 78 · Richard Gadd 75 · Ouroboros 72 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.
- The ouroboros entered Western tradition via ancient Egyptian iconography and the Greek magical tradition.
- It was adopted as a symbol in Gnosticism, Hermeticism, and alchemy.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ouroboros article was read about 800,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Ouroboros
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 Ouroboros in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Matt LucasEpic · Arts · ATK 77 DEF 68
- Michael RichardsEpic · History · ATK 73 DEF 72
- HTMLEpic · Society · ATK 85 DEF 60
- Stephen MerchantEpic · Arts · ATK 76 DEF 69
- 2026 Atlantic hurricane seasonEpic · Science · ATK 83 DEF 62
- Randy NewmanEpic · Arts · ATK 78 DEF 67
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ouroboros (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : anonymous medieval illuminator, uploader Carlos adanero, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
