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Pope Benedict IX, an Uncommon card
Pope Benedict IX, born Theophylact of Tusculum in Rome, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States for three periods between October 1032 and July 1048.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 109
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 109 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Pope Benedict IX quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pope Benedict IX card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Benedict was the nephew of his two immediate ______, Benedict VIII and John XIX.
Answer
predecessors. Benedict was the nephew of his two immediate predecessors, Benedict VIII and John XIX. From the Pope Benedict IX article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Galois theory. Galois theory 71 · Jeremy Bowen 67 · Genaro García Luna 64 · Pope Benedict IX 61 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.
- Aged about 20 when first elected, he may have been the youngest pope in the history of the Catholic Church.
- He is the only person to have been pope more than once and the only person ever accused of selling the papacy.
- Benedict was the nephew of his two immediate predecessors, Benedict VIII and John XIX.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pope Benedict IX article was read about 110,000 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 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Pope Benedict IX
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, Pope Benedict IX (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tassin et Toustain. G.Garitan pour le versement et les modifications ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
