Fulgencio Batista, an Epic card

Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944, and again from 1952 to his resignation in 1959, when he was overthrown in the Cuban Revolution.
From the Wikipedia article

Rarity: Epic
Domain: History
ATK: 81
DEF: 88
Power: 169
Wikipedia reads a year: 590,000

Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.

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Fulgencio Batista quiz: 3 questions

Three questions on the Fulgencio Batista card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.

Find the missing word
From 1936 till 1940 he was the de facto ______ of Cuba.
Answer
leader. From 1936 till 1940 he was the de facto leader of Cuba. From the Fulgencio Batista article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Alexandria. Alexandria 88 · Boeing B-29 Superfortress 85 · Fulgencio Batista 81 · Tenzing Norgay 77 ATK in WikiCards.

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The facts on the card

The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.

From 1936 till 1940 he was the de facto leader of Cuba.
Batista first came to prominence in the Revolt of the Sergeants, which overthrew the provisional government of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada.
Batista then appointed himself chief of the armed forces, with the rank of colonel, and effectively controlled the five-member "pentarchy" that functioned as the collective head of state.

Why it is Epic

Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fulgencio Batista article was read about 590,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.

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