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Carlos Santana, an Epic card
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán is a Mexican and American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the rock band Santana.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 87
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 850,000
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Carlos Santana quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carlos Santana card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He experienced a ______ of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s.
Answer
resurgence. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. From the Carlos Santana article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dune. Dune 91 · Jack Black 85 · Carlos Santana 82 · Ronnie Spector 76 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Jack Black. Jack Black 2,500,000 · Quincy Jones 2,000,000 · Dune 1,300,000 · Carlos Santana 850,000 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.
- Born and raised in Mexico where he developed his musical background, he rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States with Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and roll and Latin American jazz.
- Its sound featured his melodic, blues-based lines set against Latin American and African rhythms played on percussion instruments not generally heard in rock, such as timbales and congas.
- He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carlos Santana article was read about 850,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 87: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Carlos Santana
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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The cards just above and just below Carlos Santana in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Tim Berners-LeeEpic · Science · ATK 77 DEF 92
- Xerxes IEpic · History · ATK 76 DEF 93
- Ronnie SpectorEpic · Arts · ATK 76 DEF 93
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carlos Santana (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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