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Wið færstice, a Common card
Wið fǣrstice is an Old English medical text surviving in the collection known now as Lacnunga in the British Library.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 44
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,700
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Wið færstice quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wið færstice card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The remedy describes how to make a salve, but its main interest lies in the ______ charm which follows.
Answer
unique. The remedy describes how to make a salve, but its main interest lies in the unique charm which follows. From the Wið færstice article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Voltage clamp. Voltage clamp 69 · Mohammed Helmy 62 · Wið færstice 59 · Mary Taylor 56 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.
- Wið fǣrstiċe [wiθ ˈfæːrˌsti.t͡ʃe] means 'against a sudden/violent stabbing pain', and according to Felix Grendon, whose collection of Anglo-Saxon charms appeared in the Journal of American Folklore in 1908, "the charm is intended to cure a sudden twinge or stitch, possibly rheumatism that can be due to being shot by witches, elves, and other spirits that fly through the air." Scholars have often…
- The remedy describes how to make a salve, but its main interest lies in the unique charm which follows.
- This describes how the færstice has been caused by the projectiles of 'mighty women', whom the healer will combat.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wið færstice article was read about 8,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 44: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Wið færstice
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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- 1932 Winter Olympics medal tableCommon · Nature · ATK 61 DEF 42
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- Mary TaylorCommon · History · ATK 56 DEF 47
- Bournemouth railway stationCommon · Society · ATK 60 DEF 43
- Fairmount BagelCommon · Arts · ATK 54 DEF 49
- Jeffrey TateCommon · Arts · ATK 63 DEF 40
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Wið færstice (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
