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Uncommon card · Society
Alvin Dark, an Uncommon card
Alvin Ralph Dark, nicknamed "Blackie" and "the Swamp Fox", was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 177 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Alvin Dark quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alvin Dark card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a three-time All-Star and a two-time World Series champion, once as a player and once as a ______.
Answer
manager. He was a three-time All-Star and a two-time World Series champion, once as a player and once as a manager. From the Alvin Dark article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
César Cielo. César Cielo 89 · Alvin Dark 86 · Massey University 80 · André Kertész 77 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 played fourteen years in Major League Baseball for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves, the New York Giants, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Chicago Cubs, and the Philadelphia Phillies.
- Later, he managed the San Francisco Giants, the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, the Cleveland Indians, and the San Diego Padres.
- He was a three-time All-Star and a two-time World Series champion, once as a player and once as a manager.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alvin Dark article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Alvin Dark
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 Alvin Dark in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Frank KlepackiUncommon · Arts · ATK 80 DEF 97
- Paul O'ConnellUncommon · Society · ATK 82 DEF 95
- History of navigationUncommon · History · ATK 79 DEF 98
- André KertészUncommon · Arts · ATK 77 DEF 100
- Nick BoninoUncommon · Society · ATK 87 DEF 90
- Puerto Rico campaignUncommon · Arts · ATK 83 DEF 94
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alvin Dark (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
