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Saxons, a Rare card
The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony which became a Carolingian "stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 163
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 320,000
Ranked #1,655 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Saxons quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Saxons card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
To their east were ______ and other Slavic-speaking peoples.
Answer
Obotrites. To their east were Obotrites and other Slavic-speaking peoples. From the Saxons article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Franks. Franks 85 · Persepolis 82 · Saxons 79 · Abigail Adams 76 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.
- Many of their neighbours were, like them, speakers of West Germanic dialects, including both the Franks and Thuringians to the south, and the coastal Frisians, Angles and Danes to the north who were among the peoples who were originally referred to as "Saxons" in the context of early raiding and settlements in Roman Britain and Gaul.
- To their east were Obotrites and other Slavic-speaking peoples.
- The political history of these continental Saxons is unclear until the 8th century and the conflict between their semi-legendary hero Widukind and the Frankish emperor Charlemagne.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Saxons article was read about 320,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Saxons
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Saxons (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alphathon /ˈæɫfə.θɒn/ ( talk ), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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