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Shatranj, an Uncommon card
Shatranj is an old form of chess, as played in the Sasanian Empire.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 66,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Shatranj quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Shatranj card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Its origins lie in the Indian game of ______.
Answer
chaturanga. Its origins lie in the Indian game of chaturanga. From the Shatranj article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Sebastián Báez. Sebastián Báez 77 · Jim Kaat 72 · Shatranj 69 · Pie chart 66 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.
- Its origins lie in the Indian game of chaturanga.
- Modern chess gradually developed from this game, as it was introduced to Europe by contacts in Muslim-occupied Spain and in Sicily in the 10th century.
- In modern Persian, the term is also used as the translation of chess.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Shatranj article was read about 66,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Shatranj
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.
More Society cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Shatranj in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Jim KaatUncommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 63
- Pie chartUncommon · Science · ATK 66 DEF 69
- CrotoneUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 64
- Cheick KongoUncommon · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 60
- Kōbō AbeUncommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 64
- AnalysisUncommon · Science · ATK 72 DEF 63
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Shatranj (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The Shâhnâmeh (Book of Kings) is major epic work of persian poetry "Ferdowsi Tousi"., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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