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Philippe de Commines, a Common card
Philippe de Commines was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 37
- Power
- 98
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,400
Power 98 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Philippe de Commines quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Philippe de Commines card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He has been called "the first truly modern writer" and "the first critical and ______ historian since classical times".
Answer
philosophical. He has been called "the first truly modern writer" and "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times". From the Philippe de Commines article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Joachim Johansson. Joachim Johansson 64 · Philippe de Commines 61 · Taira no Tokuko 58 · Garibaldi shirt 48 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.
- He has been called "the first truly modern writer" and "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times".
- Neither a chronicler nor a historian in the usual sense of the word, his analyses of the contemporary political scene are what made him virtually unique in his own time.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Philippe de Commines article was read about 8,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 37: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Philippe de Commines
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 Philippe de Commines in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Franz BoppCommon · Science · ATK 61 DEF 37
- Jan Hein DonnerCommon · Arts · ATK 57 DEF 41
- Joachim JohanssonCommon · Society · ATK 64 DEF 34
- Ludovic FabregasCommon · Society · ATK 60 DEF 38
- Richard BartleCommon · Science · ATK 61 DEF 37
- Stephen J. BlackwoodCommon · Science · ATK 60 DEF 38
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Philippe de Commines (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jacques Le Boucq, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
