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Epic card · History
Brian Epstein, an Epic card
Brian Samuel Epstein was an English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 720,000
Power 183 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Brian Epstein quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Brian Epstein card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He first met the Beatles in 1961 at a ______ concert at Liverpool's Cavern Club.
Answer
lunchtime. He first met the Beatles in 1961 at a lunchtime concert at Liverpool's Cavern Club. From the Brian Epstein article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bertrand Russell. Bertrand Russell 94 · Bhagat Singh 89 · Justinian I 86 · Brian Epstein 83 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.
- Epstein was born into a family of successful retailers in Liverpool, who put him in charge of their music shop, where he displayed a gift for talent-spotting.
- He first met the Beatles in 1961 at a lunchtime concert at Liverpool's Cavern Club.
- Although he had no experience of artist management, Epstein put them under contract and insisted that they abandon their scruffy image in favour of a new clean-cut style.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Brian Epstein article was read about 720,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Brian Epstein
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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- Justinian IEpic · History · ATK 86 DEF 97
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Brian Epstein (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
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