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Bruce McCandless II, an Uncommon card
Bruce McCandless II was an American Navy officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Bruce McCandless II quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bruce McCandless II card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
In ____, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he completed the first untethered spacewalk by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
Answer
1980s. In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he completed the first untethered spacewalk by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. From the Bruce McCandless II article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lie algebra. Lie algebra 79 · Radko Gudas 75 · James Brooke 71 · Bruce McCandless II 66 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.
- In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he completed the first untethered spacewalk by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bruce McCandless II article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Bruce McCandless II
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, Bruce McCandless II (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
