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William the Silent, a Rare card
William the Silent or William the Taciturn, more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange and in the Dutch national anthem as William of Nassau, was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United…
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 155
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 330,000
Power 155 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Born into the House of Nassau, he became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the Orange-Nassau branch and the ancestor of the monarchy of the Netherlands.
- A wealthy nobleman, William originally served the Habsburgs as a member of the court of Margaret of Parma, governor of the Spanish Netherlands.
- Unhappy with the centralisation of political power away from the local estates and with the Spanish persecution of Dutch Protestants, William joined the Dutch uprising and turned against his former masters.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William the Silent article was read about 330,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get William the Silent
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William the Silent (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Adriaen Thomasz. Key, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
