WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Society cards · Skat
Uncommon card · Society
Skat, an Uncommon card
Skat, historically Scat, is a three-player trick-taking card game of the ace–ten family, devised around 1810 in Altenburg in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 71,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Skat quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Skat card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A ______ of 19th-century Skat was once popular in the US.
Answer
variant. A variant of 19th-century Skat was once popular in the US. From the Skat article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Skat, historically Scat, is a three-player trick-taking card game of the ace–ten family, devised around ____ in Altenburg in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
Answer
1810s. Skat, historically Scat, is a three-player trick-taking card game of the ace–ten family, devised around 1810 in Altenburg in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. From the Skat article on Wikipedia.
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.
- It is the national game of Germany and, along with Doppelkopf, it is the most popular card game in Germany and Silesia and one of the most popular in the rest of Poland.
- A variant of 19th-century Skat was once popular in the US.
- John McLeod considers it one of the best and most interesting card games for three players, and Kelbet described it as "the king of German card games." The German Skat Association assesses that it is played by around 25 million Germans – more than play football.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Skat article was read about 71,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Skat
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 Skat in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Athanasius KircherUncommon · Science · ATK 79 DEF 65
- MeadowUncommon · Nature · ATK 74 DEF 70
- Philippine Marine CorpsUncommon · History · ATK 74 DEF 70
- Richard OwenUncommon · History · ATK 73 DEF 71
- LoessUncommon · Nature · ATK 71 DEF 73
- Cocoliztli epidemicsUncommon · Science · ATK 71 DEF 73
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Society cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Skat (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dmitry Fomin, LukeTriton, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
