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Torii, a Rare card
A torii is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of, or within, a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred, and a spot where kami are welcomed and thought to travel through.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 200,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Torii quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Torii card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The oldest extant stone torii was built in the 12th century and belongs to a ______ shrine in Yamagata Prefecture.
Answer
Hachiman. The oldest extant stone torii was built in the 12th century and belongs to a Hachiman shrine in Yamagata Prefecture. From the Torii article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Independent film. Independent film 80 · Craig McCracken 76 · Steve Huffman 73 · Torii 70 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.
- The presence of a torii at the entrance is usually the simplest way to identify a Shinto shrine, and a small torii-shaped icon is used to represent shrines on Japanese maps.
- The first appearance of torii gates in Japan can be reliably pinpointed to at least the mid-Heian period, they are mentioned in a text written in 922.
- The oldest extant stone torii was built in the 12th century and belongs to a Hachiman shrine in Yamagata Prefecture.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Torii article was read about 200,000 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 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Torii
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, Torii (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. Fg2 assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
