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Uncommon card · History
Æthelred of Mercia, an Uncommon card
Æthelred was king of Mercia from 675 until 704.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Æthelred of Mercia quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Æthelred of Mercia card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Within a year of his ______ he invaded Kent, where his armies destroyed the city of Rochester.
Answer
accession. Within a year of his accession he invaded Kent, where his armies destroyed the city of Rochester. From the Æthelred of Mercia article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cyril Burt. Cyril Burt 76 · Kees Schouhamer Immink 73 · Æthelred of Mercia 70 · Sesshū Tōyō 63 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.
- He was the son of Penda of Mercia and came to the throne in 675, when his brother, Wulfhere of Mercia, died from an illness.
- Within a year of his accession he invaded Kent, where his armies destroyed the city of Rochester.
- In 679 he defeated his brother-in-law, Ecgfrith of Northumbria, at the Battle of the Trent: the battle was a major setback for the Northumbrians, and effectively ended their military involvement in English affairs south of the Humber.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Æthelred of Mercia article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Æthelred of Mercia
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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- Henry SchoolcraftUncommon · History · ATK 77 DEF 62
- Warren County, PennsylvaniaCommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 67
- Antjie KrogCommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 68
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Æthelred of Mercia (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
