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Battle of Hampton Roads, an Uncommon card
The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack or the Battle of Ironclads, was a naval battle during the American Civil War.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 160
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 160 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The battle was fought over two days, March 8 and 9, 1862, in Hampton Roads, a roadstead in Virginia where the Elizabeth and Nansemond rivers meet the James River just before it flows into Chesapeake Bay by the city of Norfolk.
- The battle was a part of the effort of the Confederacy to break the Union blockade, which had cut off Virginia's largest cities and major industrial centers, Norfolk and Richmond, from international trade.
- This battle was significant in that it was the first combat between ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Battle of Hampton Roads article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Battle of Hampton Roads
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Battle of Hampton Roads (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Kurz and Allison, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.



