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Uncommon card · History
Dexter Gordon, an Uncommon card
Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 90,000
Power 133 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Dexter Gordon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dexter Gordon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was among the most ______ early bebop musicians.
Answer
influential. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians. From the Dexter Gordon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dexter Gordon. Dexter Gordon 76 · Chris Drury 73 · Battle of Königgrätz 70 · Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau 67 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 was among the most influential early bebop musicians.
- Gordon's height was 6 feet 6 inches, thus he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" and "Sophisticated Giant".
- His studio and performance career spanned more than 40 years.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dexter Gordon article was read about 90,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Dexter Gordon
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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- TianUncommon · Arts · ATK 72 DEF 61
- GentlemanUncommon · Society · ATK 70 DEF 63
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dexter Gordon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
