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Cowboy, a Rare card
A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs many other ranch-related tasks.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 320,000
Power 170 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Cowboy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cowboy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In addition to ranch work, some cowboys work for or ______ in rodeos.
Answer
participate. In addition to ranch work, some cowboys work for or participate in rodeos. From the Cowboy article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cowboy. Cowboy 85 · Camera obscura 82 · Bison 79 · American robin 76 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.
- The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico, which trace their roots back to Spanish settlers from Andalusia and became a figure of special significance and legend.
- A subtype, called a wrangler, specifically tends the horses used to work cattle.
- In addition to ranch work, some cowboys work for or participate in rodeos.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cowboy article was read about 320,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Cowboy
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, Cowboy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Charles Marion Russell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
