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Uncommon card · History
Ambrose Burnside, an Uncommon card
Ambrose Everts Burnside was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the American Civil War and a three-time governor of Rhode Island, as well as being an inventor and industrialist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 147
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 147 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Ambrose Burnside quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ambrose Burnside card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Although an ______ cleared him of blame in the latter case, he never regained credibility as an army commander.
Answer
inquiry. Although an inquiry cleared him of blame in the latter case, he never regained credibility as an army commander. From the Ambrose Burnside article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Tithe. Tithe 81 · Ambrose Burnside 76 · Sergei Yesenin 73 · Louis VI of France 69 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 achieved some of the earliest victories in the Eastern theater of the Civil War, but was then promoted above his abilities, and is mainly remembered for two disastrous defeats, at Fredericksburg and the Battle of the Crater.
- Although an inquiry cleared him of blame in the latter case, he never regained credibility as an army commander.
- Burnside was a modest and unassuming individual, mindful of his limitations, who had been propelled to high command against his will.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ambrose Burnside 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 76 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Ambrose Burnside
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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- TitheUncommon · Nature · ATK 81 DEF 66
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- AmineUncommon · Science · ATK 73 DEF 74
- Andrea BargnaniUncommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 74
- DeicideUncommon · Arts · ATK 78 DEF 69
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ambrose Burnside (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
