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Epic card · History
Xerxes I, an Epic card
Xerxes I was a Persian ruler who reigned as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 800,000
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was the son of Darius the Great and Atossa.
- In Western history, Xerxes is best known for his invasion of Greece in 480 BC, which ended in Persian defeat.
- Xerxes was made successor by Darius over his elder brother Artobarzan and inherited a large, multi-ethnic empire upon his father's death.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Xerxes I article was read about 800,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Xerxes I
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Xerxes I (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Darafsh, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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