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Rare card · History
Alan Shepard, a Rare card
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 180
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 430,000
Power 180 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Alan Shepard quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alan Shepard card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He became a naval ______ in 1947, and a test pilot in 1950.
Answer
aviator. He became a naval aviator in 1947, and a test pilot in 1950. From the Alan Shepard article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Karol Nawrocki. Karol Nawrocki 93 · John J. Pershing 89 · Alan Shepard 84 · Sourdough 81 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.
- In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47.
- A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Shepard saw action with the surface navy during World War II.
- He became a naval aviator in 1947, and a test pilot in 1950.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alan Shepard article was read about 430,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Alan Shepard
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Alan Shepard in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Edvard MunchRare · Arts · ATK 86 DEF 94
- MarceloRare · Society · ATK 83 DEF 97
- SourdoughRare · Society · ATK 81 DEF 99
- Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRare · History · ATK 88 DEF 92
- CahokiaRare · History · ATK 85 DEF 95
- KannadaRare · Society · ATK 84 DEF 96
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- History cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alan Shepard (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
