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Uncommon card · Science
Philolaus, an Uncommon card
Philolaus was a Greek Pythagorean and pre-Socratic philosopher.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Philolaus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Philolaus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was born in a Greek colony in Italy and ______ to Greece.
Answer
migrated. He was born in a Greek colony in Italy and migrated to Greece. From the Philolaus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Si Inthrathit. Si Inthrathit 70 · Hadiza Bawa-Garba case 66 · Philolaus 62 · Mixer 59 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 was born in a Greek colony in Italy and migrated to Greece.
- Philolaus has been called one of three most prominent figures in the Pythagorean tradition and the most outstanding figure in the Pythagorean school.
- Pythagoras developed a school of philosophy that was dominated by both mathematics and mysticism.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Philolaus article was read about 23,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Philolaus
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 Philolaus in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Si InthrathitUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 43
- Dream yogaUncommon · Society · ATK 64 DEF 49
- Francis BeaufortUncommon · History · ATK 66 DEF 47
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Philolaus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gaffurio_Pythagoras.png : Franchino Gaffurio (publisher) derivative work: Singinglemon ( t, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
