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Uncommon card · Arts
Chucho Valdés, an Uncommon card
Dionisio Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, better known as Chucho, is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career spans over 50 years.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 86
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 22,000
Power 86 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Chucho Valdés quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Chucho Valdés card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Both his ______, Bebo Valdés, and his son, Chuchito, are pianists as well.
Answer
father. Both his father, Bebo Valdés, and his son, Chuchito, are pianists as well. From the Chucho Valdés article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
An original member of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, in ____ he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands.
Answer
1970s. An original member of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, in 1973 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. From the Chucho Valdés article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Walter Sande. Walter Sande 64 · Ken Blanchard 60 · Chucho Valdés 56 · Cesar Zuiderwijk 50 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.
- An original member of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, in 1973 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands.
- Both his father, Bebo Valdés, and his son, Chuchito, are pianists as well.
- As a solo artist, he has won seven Grammy Awards and four Latin Grammy Awards.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Chucho Valdés article was read about 22,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Chucho Valdés
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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- Ifeanyi EzeUncommon · Society · ATK 53 DEF 33
- Insert keyUncommon · Science · ATK 53 DEF 33
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Chucho Valdés (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jacek Proszyk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
