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Pentecost, an Epic card
Pentecost is a Christian holiday that takes place on the 49th day after Easter.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 90
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 940,000
Ranked #1,364 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Pentecost quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pentecost card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Pentecost marks the "Birthday of the ______".
Answer
Church. Pentecost marks the "Birthday of the Church". From the Pentecost article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of Sri Lanka Test cricket records. List of Sri Lanka Test cricket records 91 · Ballon d'Or 87 · Pentecost 82 · Assassination 79 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Ballon d'Or. Ballon d'Or 3,600,000 · Pentecost 940,000 · Brontë family 740,000 · List of Sri Lanka Test cricket records 8,500 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 commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles of Jesus, Mary, and other followers of Christ, while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles.
- Pentecost marks the "Birthday of the Church".
- Pentecost is one of the Great feasts in the Eastern Orthodox Church, a Solemnity in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, a Festival in the Lutheran Churches, and a Principal Feast in the Anglican Communion.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pentecost article was read about 940,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 90: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Pentecost
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, Pentecost (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Johann Michael Rottmayr, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
