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Taliesin, an Uncommon card
Taliesin ( tal-ee-ESS-in, is a house-studio complex located 2.5 miles south of the village of Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 88
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 188
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Ranked #307 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Taliesin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Taliesin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Wright began developing the estate in 1911 close to land that previously belonged to his ______ family.
Answer
maternal. Wright began developing the estate in 1911 close to land that previously belonged to his maternal family. From the Taliesin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Golden Temple. Golden Temple 440,000 · On the Origin of Species 230,000 · Taliesin 110,000 · Tristan Tzara 57,000 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.
- Developed and occupied by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the 600-acre estate is an exemplar of the Prairie School of architecture.
- Wright began developing the estate in 1911 close to land that previously belonged to his maternal family.
- Wright designed the main Taliesin home and studio with his mistress, Mamah Borthwick, after leaving his first wife and home and studio in Oak Park, Illinois.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Taliesin article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 88 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Taliesin
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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The cards just above and just below Taliesin in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Bank WarUncommon · Society · ATK 88 DEF 100
- Tristan TzaraUncommon · History · ATK 88 DEF 100
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Taliesin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Warren LeMay from Chicago, IL, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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