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The Firebird, an Uncommon card
The Firebird is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Ranked #1,055 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The Firebird quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The Firebird card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Firebird's mortal and supernatural elements are distinguished with a system of ______ placed in the harmony dubbed "leit-harmony".
Answer
leitmotifs. The Firebird's mortal and supernatural elements are distinguished with a system of leitmotifs placed in the harmony dubbed "leit-harmony". From the The Firebird article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Romanesque architecture. Romanesque architecture 89 · Cosmic ray 86 · Pipe organ 83 · The Firebird 78 ATK in WikiCards.
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 was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company, the original choreography was by Michel Fokine, who collaborated with Alexandre Benois and others on a scenario based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner.
- It was first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 25 June 1910 and was an immediate success, catapulting Stravinsky to international fame and leading to future Diaghilev–Stravinsky collaborations including Petrushka and The Rite of Spring.
- The Firebird's mortal and supernatural elements are distinguished with a system of leitmotifs placed in the harmony dubbed "leit-harmony".
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 Firebird article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get The Firebird
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 Firebird (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Léon Bakst, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
