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Uncommon card · History
Siege of Kinsale, an Uncommon card
The siege of Kinsale, also known as the battle of Kinsale, was the ultimate battle in England's conquest of Gaelic Ireland, commencing in October 1601, near the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and at the climax of the Nine Years' War, a campaign by Hugh O'Neill, Hugh Roe O'Donnell and other Irish lords against…
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 26,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Owing to Spanish involvement and the strategic advantages to be gained, the battle also formed part of the Anglo-Spanish War, the wider conflict of Protestant England against Catholic Spain.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Siege of Kinsale article was read about 26,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Siege of Kinsale
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Siege of Kinsale (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
