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Uncommon card · Science
Adolphe Sax, an Uncommon card
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 61
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Adolphe Sax quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Adolphe Sax card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He played the flute and ______.
Answer
clarinet. He played the flute and clarinet. From the Adolphe Sax article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Measure. Measure 72 · Ship of the line 69 · Chemical compound 66 · Adolphe Sax 62 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.
- He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba, and redesigned the bass clarinet in a fashion still used in the 21st century.
- He played the flute and clarinet.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Adolphe Sax 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 62 and blocks with 61: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Adolphe Sax
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Adolphe Sax (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
