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Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz, a Common card
Álvaro de Bazán y Guzmán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, was a Spanish admiral and nobleman.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 101
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 101 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He took part, among others, in the seizure of the rock of Vélez de la Gomera, the relief to the besieged during the sieges of Oran and Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, the conquest of Tunis, the incorporation of Portugal to the Spanish monarchy, and the conquest of Terceira.
- A leading admiral in both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, like his father before him, Bazán has been considered the prime naval commander in the history of Spain.
- He made developments in amphibious warfare and pioneered the strategic usage of several kinds of ships, refining the design of existent vessels and popularising galleons as warships, ultimately making possible many of the successes of the Spanish Empire since the 16th and 17th centuries.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rafael Tejeo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.


