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Uncommon card · History
Pergamon, an Uncommon card
Pergamon or Pergamum, also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos, was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Aeolis.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Pergamon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pergamon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The remains of many of its monuments are still visible today, most notably the ______ of the Pergamon Altar.
Answer
masterpiece. The remains of many of its monuments are still visible today, most notably the masterpiece of the Pergamon Altar. From the Pergamon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Hawaii. History of Hawaii 91 · Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 86 · Pergamon 82 · Battle of Tannenberg 78 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.
- It is located 26 kilometres from the modern coastline of the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus and northwest of the modern city of Bergama, Turkey.
- During the Hellenistic period, it became the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon in 281–133 BC under the Attalid dynasty, who transformed it into one of the major cultural centres of the Greek world.
- The remains of many of its monuments are still visible today, most notably the masterpiece of the Pergamon Altar.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pergamon article was read about 170,000 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 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Pergamon
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 Pergamon in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Harrison ButkerUncommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 92
- Helmut SchmidtUncommon · History · ATK 86 DEF 85
- Ja'far al-SadiqUncommon · Society · ATK 82 DEF 89
- Alexander GustafssonUncommon · Arts · ATK 91 DEF 80
- Anquan BoldinUncommon · Society · ATK 84 DEF 87
- BantustanUncommon · History · ATK 82 DEF 89
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Pergamon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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