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Parsis, an Epic card
The Parsis or Parsees are an ethno-religious community in the Indian subcontinent.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 163
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 620,000
Power 163 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Parsis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Parsis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The word Parsi is derived from the ______ language, and literally translates to Persian.
Answer
Persian. The word Parsi is derived from the Persian language, and literally translates to Persian. From the Parsis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Han Chinese. Han Chinese 96 · Parsis 86 · John Madden 83 · Jason Kelce 77 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.
- They are descended from Persian refugees who migrated to the Indian subcontinent during and after the Arab-Islamic conquest of Iran in the 7th century, when Zoroastrians were persecuted by the early Muslims.
- Parsis are the elder of the Indian subcontinent's two Zoroastrian communities, being culturally, linguistically, and socially distinct from Iranis, Zoroastrians who migrated from Qajar-era Iran.
- The word Parsi is derived from the Persian language, and literally translates to Persian.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Parsis article was read about 620,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Parsis
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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The cards just above and just below Parsis in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Ric OcasekEpic · Arts · ATK 74 DEF 89
- Ginger RogersEpic · Arts · ATK 77 DEF 86
- Han ChineseEpic · Society · ATK 96 DEF 67
- Kim PhilbyEpic · Society · ATK 81 DEF 82
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Parsis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : M. V. Dhurandhar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
