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Uncommon card · History
Frank McCourt, an Uncommon card
Francis McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 132
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 132 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Frank McCourt quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Frank McCourt card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a ______ memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.
Answer
tragicomic. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood. From the Frank McCourt article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
John Cheever. John Cheever 76 · Operation Uphold Democracy 73 · Frank McCourt 69 · Giant isopod 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 won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Frank McCourt 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 69 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Frank McCourt
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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- Giant isopodUncommon · Nature · ATK 66 DEF 66
- John CheeverUncommon · History · ATK 76 DEF 56
- Legio IX HispanaUncommon · History · ATK 67 DEF 65
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Frank McCourt (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Elke Wetzig ( Elya ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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