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Wieliczka Salt Mine, an Uncommon card
The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a salt mine in the town of Wieliczka, near Kraków in southern Poland.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Wieliczka Salt Mine quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wieliczka Salt Mine card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
From Neolithic times, sodium chloride was produced there from the ______ brine.
Answer
upwelling. From Neolithic times, sodium chloride was produced there from the upwelling brine. From the Wieliczka Salt Mine article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Wieliczka salt mine, excavated from the 13th century, produced table salt continuously until ____, as one of the world's oldest operating salt mines.
Answer
1990s. The Wieliczka salt mine, excavated from the 13th century, produced table salt continuously until 1996, as one of the world's oldest operating salt mines. From the Wieliczka Salt Mine article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
San Salvador. San Salvador 84 · Keith Hernandez 75 · Proselytism 71 · Wieliczka Salt Mine 68 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.
- From Neolithic times, sodium chloride was produced there from the upwelling brine.
- The Wieliczka salt mine, excavated from the 13th century, produced table salt continuously until 1996, as one of the world's oldest operating salt mines.
- Throughout its history, the royal salt mine was operated by the Żupy Krakowskie company.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wieliczka Salt Mine article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Wieliczka Salt Mine
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Wieliczka Salt Mine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
