48 cards where the illustration contains “real-life-histori...”

Ambition's Cost (Portal Three Kingdoms #67)
Borrowing the East Wind (Portal Three Kingdoms #133)
Brilliant Plan (Portal Three Kingdoms #36)
Cao Cao, Lord of Wei (Portal Three Kingdoms #68)
Cao Ren, Wei Commander (Portal Three Kingdoms #69)
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh (Assassin's Creed #119z)
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh (Assassin's Creed #233)
Counterintelligence (Portal Three Kingdoms #41)
Deception (Portal Three Kingdoms #73)
Dong Zhou, the Tyrant (Portal Three Kingdoms #109)
Ecstatic Beauty (Doctor Who #83)
Empty City Ruse (Portal Three Kingdoms #3)
Ghostly Visit (Portal Three Kingdoms #76)
Guan Yu's 1,000-Li March (Portal Three Kingdoms #7)
Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior (Portal Three Kingdoms #6)
Huang Zhong, Shu General (Portal Three Kingdoms #8)
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician (Portal Three Kingdoms #137)
Kongming's Contraptions (Portal Three Kingdoms #10)
Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon" (Portal Three Kingdoms #9)
Lady Sun (Portal Three Kingdoms #45)
Leonardo da Vinci (Assassin's Creed #20)
Leonardo da Vinci (Assassin's Creed #118)
Liu Bei, Lord of Shu (Portal Three Kingdoms #11)
Lu Bu, Master-at-Arms (Portal: Three Kingdoms Promos #115b)
Lu Meng, Wu General (Portal Three Kingdoms #46)
Lu Su, Wu Advisor (Portal Three Kingdoms #47)
Lu Xun, Scholar General (Portal Three Kingdoms #48)
Ma Chao, Western Warrior (Portal Three Kingdoms #116)
Pang Tong, "Young Phoenix" (Portal Three Kingdoms #14)
Presence of the Master (Legends #31)
Riding Red Hare (Portal Three Kingdoms #18)
Riding the Dilu Horse (Portal Three Kingdoms #144)
Sima Yi, Wei Field Marshal (Portal Three Kingdoms #82)
Sun Ce, Young Conquerer (Portal Three Kingdoms #55)
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu (Portal Three Kingdoms #56)
Surge of Brilliance (Doctor Who #662)
Vengeance (Portal Three Kingdoms #28)
Wielding the Green Dragon (Portal Three Kingdoms #157)
Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed (Portal Three Kingdoms #92)
Xun Yu, Wei Advisor (Portal Three Kingdoms #93)
Yuan Shao, the Indecisive (Portal Three Kingdoms #128)
Zhang Fei, Fierce Warrior (Masters Edition III #28)
Zhang He, Wei General (Portal Three Kingdoms #95)
Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei (Portal Three Kingdoms #96)
Zhao Zilong, Tiger General (Portal Three Kingdoms #33)
Zhou Yu, Chief Commander (Portal Three Kingdoms #65)
Zhuge Jin, Wu Strategist (Portal Three Kingdoms #66)
Zuo Ci, the Mocking Sage (Portal Three Kingdoms #165)

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