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Cachao, a Common card
Israel López Valdés, better known as Cachao, was a Cuban double bassist and composer.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 78
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Cachao quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cachao card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the ______.
Answer
descarga. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga. From the Cachao article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of early Christian and medieval mosaics. List of early Christian and medieval mosaics 81 · Lynda Benglis 74 · Cachao 71 · Soiscél Molaisse 68 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Marc Quinn. Marc Quinn 20,000 · Lynda Benglis 14,000 · Cachao 11,000 · Willy Vandersteen 7,700 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga.
- Throughout his career he also performed and recorded in a variety of music styles ranging from classical music to salsa.
- An exile in the United States since the 1960s, he only achieved international fame following a career revival in the 1990s.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cachao article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 78: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Cachao
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Cachao in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Howard Atwood KellyCommon · Science · ATK 69 DEF 80
- Kapuas RiverCommon · Nature · ATK 71 DEF 78
- Baron HillCommon · History · ATK 71 DEF 78
- Misaki MatsutomoCommon · Society · ATK 89 DEF 60
- Cynthia BreazealCommon · Science · ATK 75 DEF 74
- Fish processingCommon · Nature · ATK 74 DEF 75
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cachao (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mario García Joya, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
