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Uncommon card · History
Siege of Rhodes, an Uncommon card
The siege of Rhodes of 1522 was the second and ultimately successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights of Rhodes from their island stronghold and thereby secure Ottoman control of the Eastern Mediterranean.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 120
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 59,000
Power 120 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The first siege in 1480 had been unsuccessful.
- Despite very strong defenses, the walls were demolished over the course of six months by Turkish artillery and mines.
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 Rhodes article was read about 59,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Siege of Rhodes
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Siege of Rhodes (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Fethullah Çelebi Arifi (historian, poet and painter) and/or Matrakçı Nasuh (painter of lan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
