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Tomé Pires, a Common card
Tomé Pires was a Portuguese apothecary, colonial administrator, and diplomat.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 28
- Power
- 85
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,600
Power 85 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Tomé Pires quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Tomé Pires card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Tomé Pires served as ______ to Prince Alfonso until the prince's death in 1491.
Answer
apothecary. Tomé Pires served as apothecary to Prince Alfonso until the prince's death in 1491. From the Tomé Pires article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____ he was sent to the port city of Malacca, recently captured by the Portuguese.
Answer
1510s. In 1512 he was sent to the port city of Malacca, recently captured by the Portuguese. From the Tomé Pires article on Wikipedia.
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.
- Tomé Pires served as apothecary to Prince Alfonso until the prince's death in 1491.
- In 1510 he was commissioned by the Portuguese court to serve as a "factor of drugs" in India, arriving at Cannanore in 1511.
- In 1512 he was sent to the port city of Malacca, recently captured by the Portuguese.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Tomé Pires article was read about 9,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 28: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Tomé Pires
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Tomé Pires (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
