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Chico Hamilton, an Uncommon card
Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 97
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 28,000
Power 97 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Chico Hamilton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Chico Hamilton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He came to ______ as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne.
Answer
prominence. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. From the Chico Hamilton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Chico Hamilton. Chico Hamilton 62 · Calvin Johnson 59 · Irene Fenwick 54 · Leda and the Swan 51 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 came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne.
- Hamilton became a bandleader, first with a quintet featuring the cello as a lead instrument, an unusual choice for a jazz band in the 1950s, and subsequently leading bands that performed cool jazz, post bop, and jazz fusion.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Chico Hamilton article was read about 28,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Chico Hamilton
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, Chico Hamilton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Professor Bop, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
