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Uncommon card · Society
Anglo-Persian Oil Company, an Uncommon card
The Anglo-Persian Oil Company was a British company founded in 1909 following the discovery of a large oil field in Masjed Soleiman, Persia.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 160,000
Ranked #1,605 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The British government purchased 51% of the company in 1914, gaining a controlling number of shares, effectively nationalizing the company.
- It was the first company to extract petroleum from Iran.
- In 1935 APOC was renamed the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company when Reza Shah formally asked foreign countries to refer to Persia by its endonym Iran.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company article was read about 160,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Anglo-Persian Oil Company
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Anglo-Persian Oil Company (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : GTVM92, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
