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Epic card · History
Daniel Boone, an Epic card
Daniel Boone was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose adventures made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 570,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Daniel Boone quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Daniel Boone card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He founded Boonesborough, one of the first English-speaking settlements west of the ______ Mountains.
Answer
Appalachian. He founded Boonesborough, one of the first English-speaking settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains. From the Daniel Boone article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, under commission from Judge Richard Henderson's Transylvania Company, Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky in the face of resistance from nearby Native American tribes.
Answer
1770s. In 1775, under commission from Judge Richard Henderson's Transylvania Company, Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky in the face of resistance from nearby Native American tribes. From the Daniel Boone article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ben Roberts-Smith. Ben Roberts-Smith 89 · Chichen Itza 86 · Benoît Saint Denis 81 · Daniel Boone 78 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 became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies.
- In 1775, under commission from Judge Richard Henderson's Transylvania Company, Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky in the face of resistance from nearby Native American tribes.
- He founded Boonesborough, one of the first English-speaking settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Daniel Boone article was read about 570,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Daniel Boone
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Daniel Boone (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Chester Harding, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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