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Thomas à Kempis, an Uncommon card
Thomas à Kempis was a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular of the Augustinians and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the best known Christian devotional books.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 52
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 85,000
Power 114 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas à Kempis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas à Kempis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His name means "Thomas of ______", Kempen, Germany, being his home town.
Answer
Kempen. His name means "Thomas of Kempen", Kempen, Germany, being his home town. From the Thomas à Kempis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bracken. Bracken 73 · Jonas Åkerlund 69 · Al Bowlly 66 · Thomas à Kempis 62 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.
- His name means "Thomas of Kempen", Kempen, Germany, being his home town.
- He was a member of the Congregation of Windesheim, which was part of the Modern Devotion, a reform movement during the late medieval period.
- Therein, he was a follower of Geert Groote and Florens Radewyns, the founders of the Brethren of the Common Life, of which the Windesheim Augustinians were an offshoot.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas à Kempis article was read about 85,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 52: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Thomas à Kempis
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thomas à Kempis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : zeitgenössischer Maler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
