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The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, an Uncommon card
The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum is a large 1822 painting of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD by English artist John Martin.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 20
- Power
- 72
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 22,000
Power 72 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It follows the pattern set by his previous successful painting, Belshazzar's Feast, which was another depiction of a dramatic scene from history delivered from an esoteric point of view.
- The work appeared to be lost from the Tate Gallery storerooms soon after it was damaged by the 1928 Thames flood.
- However, it was rediscovered in 1973 and subsequently restored in 2011.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum article was read about 22,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 20: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum
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 Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : John Martin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
