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Charles Boycott, an Uncommon card
Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott was an English land agent whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland gave the English language the term boycott.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 166
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 85,000
Power 166 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Charles Boycott quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Charles Boycott card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He had served in the ______ Army 39th Foot, which brought him to Ireland.
Answer
British. He had served in the British Army 39th Foot, which brought him to Ireland. From the Charles Boycott article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Japanese art. Japanese art 87 · G protein-coupled receptor 83 · Printing 79 · Charles Boycott 73 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.
- He had served in the British Army 39th Foot, which brought him to Ireland.
- After retiring from the army, Boycott worked as a land agent for Lord Erne, a landowner in the Lough Mask area of County Mayo.
- In 1880, as part of a campaign for free sale, fixity of tenure, and fair rent, and specifically in resistance to proposed evictions on the estate, local activists of the Irish National Land League encouraged Boycott's employees, including the seasonal workers required to harvest the crops on Lord Erne's estate, to withdraw their labour, and began a campaign of isolation against Boycott in the…
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Charles Boycott article was read about 85,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Charles Boycott
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Charles Boycott (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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