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Uncommon card · History
William of Tyre, an Uncommon card
William of Tyre was a medieval prelate and chronicler.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 54,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
William of Tyre quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William of Tyre card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Following William's return to Jerusalem in 1165, King Amalric made him an ______ to the Byzantine Empire.
Answer
ambassador. Following William's return to Jerusalem in 1165, King Amalric made him an ambassador to the Byzantine Empire. From the William of Tyre article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Basilan. Basilan 89 · Death and state funeral of Jiang Zemin 84 · William of Tyre 78 · Lord William Bentinck 75 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.
- As archbishop of Tyre, he is sometimes known as William II to distinguish him from his predecessor, William I, the Englishman, a former prior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, who was Archbishop of Tyre from 1127 to 1135.
- He grew up in Jerusalem at the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which had been established in 1099 after the First Crusade, and he spent twenty years studying the liberal arts and canon law in the universities of Europe.
- Following William's return to Jerusalem in 1165, King Amalric made him an ambassador to the Byzantine Empire.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William of Tyre article was read about 54,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get William of Tyre
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William of Tyre (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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