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Uncommon card · History
Frederick Selous, an Uncommon card
Frederick Courteney Selous, DSO was a British explorer, army officer, professional hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 27,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His real-life adventures inspired Sir Henry Rider Haggard to create the fictional character Allan Quatermain.
- Selous was a friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes and Frederick Russell Burnham.
- He was pre-eminent within a group of big game hunters that included Abel Chapman and Arthur Henry Neumann.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Frederick Selous article was read about 27,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Frederick Selous
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Frederick Selous (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : George Grantham Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
