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Cannon Street station, an Uncommon card
Cannon Street station, also known as London Cannon Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in London fare zone 1 located on Cannon Street in the City of London and managed by Network Rail.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Cannon Street station quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cannon Street station card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The station was built on a site of the medieval Steelyard, the trading base in England of the ______ League.
Answer
Hanseatic. The station was built on a site of the medieval Steelyard, the trading base in England of the Hanseatic League. From the Cannon Street station article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gaku Shibasaki. Gaku Shibasaki 89 · Early Wynn 82 · Cannon Street station 77 · Ice climbing 74 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Deng Xiaoping's southern tour. Deng Xiaoping's southern tour 37,000 · Cannon Street station 25,000 · Gaku Shibasaki 20,000 · Sigi Schmid 16,000 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.
- It is one of two London termini of the South Eastern Main Line, the other being Charing Cross, while the London Underground station is on the Circle and District lines, between Mansion House and Monument stations.
- The station runs services by Southeastern, mostly catering for commuters in southeast London and Kent, with occasional services further into the latter.
- The station was built on a site of the medieval Steelyard, the trading base in England of the Hanseatic League.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cannon Street station article was read about 25,000 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 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Cannon Street station
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, Cannon Street station (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
