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Uncommon card · Society
Alex Groza, an Uncommon card
Alex John Groza was an American professional basketball player from Martins Ferry, Ohio.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Alex Groza quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alex Groza card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As a result of the 1951 college basketball point-shaving scandal, Groza was banned from the ______ Basketball Association for life.
Answer
National. As a result of the 1951 college basketball point-shaving scandal, Groza was banned from the National Basketball Association for life. From the Alex Groza article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Evgeni Semenenko. Evgeni Semenenko 72 · Alex Groza 63 · Allan Leighton 60 · Codsall 57 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.
- As a result of the 1951 college basketball point-shaving scandal, Groza was banned from the National Basketball Association for life.
- In college, he won two NCAA championships as captain of the University of Kentucky Wildcats, and was a two-time All-NBA player for the Indianapolis Olympians before his career abruptly ended.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alex Groza article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Alex Groza
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 Alex Groza in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Thomas Mayne ReidUncommon · Arts · ATK 65 DEF 39
- Ulrich BeckUncommon · Science · ATK 66 DEF 38
- Étienne-Jules MareyUncommon · Science · ATK 62 DEF 42
- Anthony NestyUncommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 41
- Cecilia SalaUncommon · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 42
- Charles FrohmanUncommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 41
Card lists
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alex Groza (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown University of Kentucky, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
