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Action of 12 December 1782, a Common card
The action of 12 December 1782 was a naval engagement fought off the coast of Spain near Ferrol, in which the British 40-gun fifth rate HMS Mediator successfully attacked a convoy of five armed ships.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 92
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,500
Power 92 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Mediator succeeded in capturing one American privateer, the Alexander, and then captured the French ex-ship of the line La Ménagère.
- The convoy was part of Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais' supply chain to the American colonists.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Action of 12 December 1782 article was read about 1,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Action of 12 December 1782
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, Action of 12 December 1782 (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Thomas Luny, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
