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Uncommon card · History
Dick Pound, an Uncommon card
Richard William Duncan Pound, better known as Dick Pound, is a Canadian swimming champion, lawyer, and spokesman for ethics in sport.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 61
- Power
- 134
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 134 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Dick Pound quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dick Pound card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is currently the longest-serving ______ of the IOC.
Answer
member. He is currently the longest-serving member of the IOC. From the Dick Pound article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Keith Giffen. Keith Giffen 76 · Dick Pound 73 · Defence forces of the European Union 70 · Grand Democratic Alliance 66 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 the first president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and vice-president of the International Olympic Committee.
- He is currently the longest-serving member of the IOC.
- Pound is a staunch advocate of strict drug testing for athletes, and has made many allegations of cheating and official corruption, some of them challenged, owing to disputes over the testing and reporting procedures.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dick Pound article was read about 23,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 61: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Dick Pound
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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- Geography of North AmericaUncommon · Science · ATK 70 DEF 64
- Inline hockeyUncommon · Society · ATK 74 DEF 60
- Josh HarrisonUncommon · Society · ATK 68 DEF 66
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dick Pound (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dr._Steven_Ungerleider,_Dick_Pound.jpg : US Mission Canada derivative work: Athenchen ( ta, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
