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Uncommon card · Science
Deep Blue, an Uncommon card
Deep Blue was a customized IBM RS/6000 SP supercomputer for chess-playing designed by computer scientist Feng-hsiung Hsu.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Deep Blue quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Deep Blue card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Development began in 1985 at Carnegie Mellon ______ under the name ChipTest.
Answer
University. Development began in 1985 at Carnegie Mellon University under the name ChipTest. From the Deep Blue article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It then moved to IBM, where it was first renamed Deep Thought, then again in ____ to Deep Blue.
Answer
1980s. It then moved to IBM, where it was first renamed Deep Thought, then again in 1989 to Deep Blue. From the Deep Blue article on Wikipedia.
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.
- It was the first computer to win a game, and the first to win a match, against a reigning world champion under regular time controls.
- Development began in 1985 at Carnegie Mellon University under the name ChipTest.
- It then moved to IBM, where it was first renamed Deep Thought, then again in 1989 to Deep Blue.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Deep Blue article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Deep Blue
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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The cards just above and just below Deep Blue in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Travis MillsUncommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 73
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- Francisco CervelliUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 73
- George PlimptonUncommon · History · ATK 75 DEF 69
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Deep Blue (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : James the photographer, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
