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Uncommon card · History
Sei Shōnagon, an Uncommon card
Sei Shōnagon, or Seijo, was a Japanese author, poet, and court lady who served the Empress Teishi around the year 1000, during the middle Heian period.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 39,000
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Sei Shōnagon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sei Shōnagon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She is the ______ of The Pillow Book.
Answer
author. She is the author of The Pillow Book. From the Sei Shōnagon article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Sei Shōnagon, or Seijo, was a Japanese author, poet, and court lady who served the Empress Teishi around the year ____, during the middle Heian period.
Answer
1000s. Sei Shōnagon, or Seijo, was a Japanese author, poet, and court lady who served the Empress Teishi around the year 1000, during the middle Heian period. From the Sei Shōnagon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jacques Attali. Jacques Attali 70 · Chiefdom 65 · Sei Shōnagon 61 · Geoglyph 56 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.
- She is the author of The Pillow Book.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sei Shōnagon article was read about 39,000 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 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Sei Shōnagon
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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- GeoglyphUncommon · History · ATK 56 DEF 47
- Hinduism in IranUncommon · Society · ATK 60 DEF 43
- Sudarshan VenuUncommon · Arts · ATK 60 DEF 43
- !!!Uncommon · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 41
- Carol HeissUncommon · Society · ATK 61 DEF 42
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sei Shōnagon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown Unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
