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Uncommon card · History
1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike, an Uncommon card
From 1984 until 1985, a major miners' strike shook the British coal industry in response to proposed closures of uneconomic pits.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 93
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 186
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Ranked #337 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers against the National Coal Board, a government agency.
- Opposition to the strike was led by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government, which wanted to reduce trade union power.
- The NUM was divided over the action, which began in Yorkshire and Scotland, and spread to many other coalfields nationally.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 93 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : sludgegulper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
