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Xavier de Maistre, a Common card
Xavier de Maistre of Savoy was a military man and author.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 29
- Power
- 84
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,800
Power 84 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Xavier de Maistre quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Xavier de Maistre card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
The younger brother of Joseph de Maistre, a noted philosopher and counter-revolutionary, Xavier was born to an aristocratic family at Chambéry in October ____.
Answer
1760s. The younger brother of Joseph de Maistre, a noted philosopher and counter-revolutionary, Xavier was born to an aristocratic family at Chambéry in October 1763. From the Xavier de Maistre article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Arab Shah. Arab Shah 58 · Xavier de Maistre 55 · Ismail Gasprinsky 52 · Pan Am Flight 160 49 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 younger brother of Joseph de Maistre, a noted philosopher and counter-revolutionary, Xavier was born to an aristocratic family at Chambéry in October 1763.
- He served when young in the army of Piedmont-Sardinia, and in 1790 wrote his fantasy Voyage autour de ma chambre, when he was under arrest in Turin as the consequence of a duel.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Xavier de Maistre article was read about 5,800 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 29: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Xavier de Maistre
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, Xavier de Maistre (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Engraving by Cyprien Jacquemin (18??-18??), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
