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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, an Uncommon card
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba, known as the Grand Duke of Alba in Spain and Portugal and as the Iron Duke or shortly 'Alva' in the Netherlands and Belgium, was a Spanish military officer, statesman and diplomat.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 143 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He has often been considered the most effective general of his generation, as well as one of the greatest in history.
- Historian John Lothrop Motley wrote of him "no man had studied military science more deeply, or practiced it more constantly" at his day.
- He was a royal promoter of military action against France and Protestantism, although he also defended a moral and strategic alliance with England that never realized.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba article was read about 49,000 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 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Attributed to Willem Key, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
