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Buena Vista Social Club, a Rare card
Buena Vista Social Club was a musical ensemble primarily made up of Cuban musicians, formed in 1996.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 310,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Buena Vista Social Club quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Buena Vista Social Club card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They named the group after the members' club of the same name in the ______ quarter of Havana, a popular music venue in the 1940s.
Answer
Buenavista. They named the group after the members' club of the same name in the Buenavista quarter of Havana, a popular music venue in the 1940s. From the Buena Vista Social Club article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Buena Vista Social Club was a musical ensemble primarily made up of Cuban musicians, formed in ____.
Answer
1990s. Buena Vista Social Club was a musical ensemble primarily made up of Cuban musicians, formed in 1996. From the Buena Vista Social Club article on Wikipedia.
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.
- The project was organized by World Circuit executive Nick Gold, produced by American guitarist Ry Cooder and directed by Juan de Marcos González.
- They named the group after the members' club of the same name in the Buenavista quarter of Havana, a popular music venue in the 1940s.
- To showcase the popular styles of the time, such as son, bolero and danzón, they recruited a dozen veteran musicians, some of whom had been retired for many years.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Buena Vista Social Club article was read about 310,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Buena Vista Social Club
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, Buena Vista Social Club (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
