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Alan White, an Uncommon card
Alan White was an English drummer, best known for his almost 50-year tenure in the progressive rock band Yes.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Alan White quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alan White card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He joined Yes in 1972 as a replacement for ______ drummer Bill Bruford.
Answer
original. He joined Yes in 1972 as a replacement for original drummer Bill Bruford. From the Alan White article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, White joined John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band after Lennon invited him to play at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival, followed by a show at the Lyceum Ballroom.
Answer
1960s. In 1969, White joined John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band after Lennon invited him to play at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival, followed by a show at the Lyceum Ballroom. From the Alan White article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
J. Michael Straczynski. J. Michael Straczynski 82 · Éric Rohmer 78 · Alan White 75 · Shakya 72 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 joined Yes in 1972 as a replacement for original drummer Bill Bruford.
- He was the longest-serving member of the band, and one of just two members whose tenure ceased only with his death.
- In 1969, White joined John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band after Lennon invited him to play at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival, followed by a show at the Lyceum Ballroom.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alan White article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Alan White
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, Alan White (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Distributed by Atlantic Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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