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Rare card · Arts
The Decameron, a Rare card
The Decameron, subtitled Prince Galehaut, is a collection of short stories by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 56
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 290,000
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
The Decameron quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The Decameron card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is ______ nicknamed l'Umana commedia, as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's Comedy "Divine".
Answer
sometimes. It is sometimes nicknamed l'Umana commedia, as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's Comedy "Divine". From the The Decameron article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Traditional animation. Traditional animation 78 · The Decameron 74 · Bluegrass music 71 · Trojan Horse 68 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Trojan Horse. Trojan Horse 900,000 · Baba Yaga 580,000 · The Decameron 290,000 · Gustave Flaubert 180,000 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.
- It is sometimes nicknamed l'Umana commedia, as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's Comedy "Divine".
- The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men, they shelter in a secluded villa just outside Florence in order to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city.
- The epidemic is likely what Boccaccio used for the basis of the book which was thought to be written between 1348 and 1353.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The Decameron article was read about 290,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 56: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get The Decameron
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, The Decameron (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Boccaccio, Giovanni, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.