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Uncommon card · History
Scimitar, an Uncommon card
A scimitar is a single-edged sword with a convex curved blade of about 75 to 90 cm associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, and North African cultures.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 109
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 109 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Scimitar quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Scimitar card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
All such swords are originally derived from earlier curved swords ______ in Turkic Central Asia.
Answer
developed. All such swords are originally derived from earlier curved swords developed in Turkic Central Asia. From the Scimitar article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Chi-squared test. Chi-squared test 67 · Scimitar 62 · Sơn Tây 58 · Isesi-ankh 54 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Chi-squared test. Chi-squared test 280,000 · Scimitar 170,000 · Sơn Tây 1,200 · Isesi-ankh 770 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.
- A European term, scimitar does not refer to one specific sword type but an assortment of different Eastern curved swords.
- These swords include the Persian shamshir, the Arab saif, the Indian talwar, the North African nimcha, the Turkish kilij, and the Afghan pulwar.
- All such swords are originally derived from earlier curved swords developed in Turkic Central Asia.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Scimitar article was read about 170,000 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 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Scimitar
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, Scimitar (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.