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Rubens Vase, a Common card
The Rubens Vase is a Late Antique or early Byzantine hardstone carving of a single piece of agate in the form of a vase, named after a later owner, Peter Paul Rubens,, who in Flanders made a pen drawing of it, which is now held in the Hermitage Museum.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 42
- DEF
- 24
- Power
- 66
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 2,600
Power 66 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Rubens Vase quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Rubens Vase card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ are decorated with the head of Pan on each side with acanthus leaves beneath each head, curled up.
Answer
handles. The handles are decorated with the head of Pan on each side with acanthus leaves beneath each head, curled up. From the Rubens Vase article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Eric Reed. Eric Reed 51 · Gran Madre di Dio, Turin 45 · Rubens Vase 42 · Lightbox 38 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Eric Reed. Eric Reed 6,200 · Lightbox 3,600 · Rubens Vase 2,600 · S. A. Foster House and Stable 1,800 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.
- The handles are decorated with the head of Pan on each side with acanthus leaves beneath each head, curled up.
- It is believed to have been commissioned by a Byzantine emperor, perhaps around 400 AD, and made in Constantinople.
- That it appeared in western Europe after the Sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, may indicate that it was the result of plunder.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Rubens Vase article was read about 2,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 42 and blocks with 24: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Rubens Vase
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, Rubens Vase (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Anonymous ( Byzantine Empire ) Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
