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Shapur IV, a Common card
Shapur IV, was king of Sasanian Armenia from 415 to 420, who briefly ruled the Sasanian Empire in 420.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 48
- DEF
- 19
- Power
- 67
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,600
Power 67 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Shapur IV quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Shapur IV card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Franco Franchi. Franco Franchi 57 · Shapur IV 48 · Taurus Model 82 43 · South Dickason Boulevard Residential Historic District 40 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Taurus Model 82. Taurus Model 82 30,000 · Cayetano Martínez 21,000 · Shapur IV 9,600 · South Dickason Boulevard Residential Historic District 97 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 only witnesses to this brief reign are the 5th century Armenian historians Łazar Pʿarpecʿi and Movses Khorenatsʿi, and the Mandaean Book of Kings, in which he appears as "King Shābur, son of Yazdiger."
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Shapur IV article was read about 9,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 48 and blocks with 19: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get Shapur IV
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Shapur IV in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Giuseppe LeviCommon · Science · ATK 46 DEF 21
- ŽivaCommon · Science · ATK 45 DEF 22
- Ken IshiiCommon · Arts · ATK 48 DEF 19
- Franco FranchiCommon · Arts · ATK 57 DEF 10
- Shabtai ShavitCommon · Society · ATK 43 DEF 24
- Cone NebulaCommon · Nature · ATK 42 DEF 25
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Shapur IV (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : CNG, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
