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Samarkand, a Rare card
Samarkand is a major city located in southeastern Uzbekistan.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 470,000
Power 170 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Samarkand quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Samarkand card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Earlier it also served as the ______ capital of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic from 1925 until 1930.
Answer
initial. Earlier it also served as the initial capital of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic from 1925 until 1930. From the Samarkand article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Derek Chisora. Derek Chisora 92 · Samarkand 87 · Geneva Conventions 82 · Florence Griffith Joyner 79 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.
- Among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia, it has a population of 882,000 inhabitants as of 2026, making it the second-largest city in Uzbekistan after Tashkent.
- It is the capital of the Samarkand Region and a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlements of Kimyogarlar, Farkhod and Khishrav.
- Earlier it also served as the initial capital of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic from 1925 until 1930.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Samarkand article was read about 470,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Samarkand
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 Samarkand in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Geneva ConventionsEpic · Society · ATK 82 DEF 88
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- DiscoRare · Arts · ATK 83 DEF 87
- EphesusRare · History · ATK 80 DEF 90
- Ice ageRare · Nature · ATK 83 DEF 87
- ImpressionismRare · Arts · ATK 82 DEF 88
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Samarkand (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Registan_-_Gusjer.jpg : Gustavo Jeronimo from Aranjuez, Spain derivative work: MrPanyGoff, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
