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Uncommon card · History
Eddie Rickenbacker, an Uncommon card
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was an American fighter pilot in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 170 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Eddie Rickenbacker quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Eddie Rickenbacker card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was also a racing driver, an ______ designer, and a long-time head of Eastern Air Lines.
Answer
automotive. He was also a racing driver, an automotive designer, and a long-time head of Eastern Air Lines. From the Eddie Rickenbacker article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Tina Arena. Tina Arena 92 · Eddie Rickenbacker 85 · Ludwig von Mises 82 · Sergei Eisenstein 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.
- With 26 aerial victories, he was the most successful and most decorated United States flying ace of the war.
- He was also a racing driver, an automotive designer, and a long-time head of Eastern Air Lines.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Eddie Rickenbacker 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 85 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Eddie Rickenbacker
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, Eddie Rickenbacker (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : US Army Air Force, now USAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
