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Uncommon card · Society
Brian Close, an Uncommon card
Dennis Brian Close, was an English first-class cricketer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 148
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 30,000
Power 148 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Brian Close quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Brian Close card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was picked to play ______ New Zealand in July 1949, when he was 18 years old.
Answer
against. He was picked to play against New Zealand in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. From the Brian Close article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Arturo Frondizi. Arturo Frondizi 87 · Brian Close 77 · Raúl Ibañez 73 · Diamond DA20 Katana 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 was picked to play against New Zealand in July 1949, when he was 18 years old.
- Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England, captaining them seven times to six wins and one drawn test.
- Close also captained Yorkshire to four county championship titles – the main domestic trophy in English cricket.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Brian Close article was read about 30,000 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 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Brian Close
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Brian Close (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
