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Basil Thomson, a Common card
Sir Basil Home Thomson, was a British colonial administrator and prison governor, who was head of Metropolitan Police CID during World War I. This gave him a key role in arresting wartime spies, and he was closely involved in the prosecution of Mata Hari, Sir Roger Casement and many Irish and Indian nationalists.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 33
- Power
- 94
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,700
Power 94 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Basil Thomson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Basil Thomson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Thomson was also a ______ novelist.
Answer
successful. Thomson was also a successful novelist. From the Basil Thomson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Brennan Heart. Brennan Heart 68 · Basil Thomson 61 · Hans Poelzig 56 · Gunnar Asplund 52 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.
- His equating of Jews with Bolshevism led to accusations of anti-semitism.
- Thomson was also a successful novelist.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Basil Thomson article was read about 7,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 33: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Basil Thomson
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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The cards just above and just below Basil Thomson in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Hans PoelzigCommon · Arts · ATK 56 DEF 38
- Talal El KarkouriCommon · Society · ATK 59 DEF 35
- Aleksandar AtanasijevićCommon · Society · ATK 61 DEF 33
- Albert PopovCommon · Society · ATK 65 DEF 29
- Arashio stableCommon · Society · ATK 50 DEF 44
- Boys Choir of HarlemCommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 36
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Basil Thomson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
