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Allan Pinkerton, an Uncommon card
Allan Pinkerton was a Scottish-American detective, spy, abolitionist, and cooper best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in the United States and his claim to have obstructed the Baltimore Plot in 1861, preventing the assassination of then president-elect Abraham Lincoln.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Allan Pinkerton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Allan Pinkerton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
After the war, his agents played a significant role as strikebreakers – in particular during the Great Railroad Strike of ____ – a role that Pinkerton men would continue to play after the death of their founder.
Answer
1870s. After the war, his agents played a significant role as strikebreakers – in particular during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 – a role that Pinkerton men would continue to play after the death of their founder. From the Allan Pinkerton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2026 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. 2026 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 79 · Zach Johnson 74 · Allan Pinkerton 71 · Jiří Lehečka 67 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.
- During the Civil War, he provided the Union Army – specifically General George B. McClellan of the Army of the Potomac – with military intelligence, including extremely inaccurate enemy troop strength numbers.
- After the war, his agents played a significant role as strikebreakers – in particular during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 – a role that Pinkerton men would continue to play after the death of their founder.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Allan Pinkerton article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Allan Pinkerton
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, Allan Pinkerton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Brady's National photographic Galleries, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
