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Gary Burton, an Uncommon card
Gary Burton is an American retired jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 48,000
Power 106 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Gary Burton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gary Burton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This approach caused him to be heralded as an ______, and his sound and technique are widely imitated.
Answer
innovator. This approach caused him to be heralded as an innovator, and his sound and technique are widely imitated. From the Gary Burton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gary Burton. Gary Burton 67 · Saud Shakeel 64 · Maria Grazia Chiuri 61 · Efrem Zimbalist 58 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 developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique.
- This approach caused him to be heralded as an innovator, and his sound and technique are widely imitated.
- He is also known for pioneering jazz fusion and popularizing the duet format in jazz, as well as being a major figure in music education from his 30 years teaching at the Berklee College of Music.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gary Burton article was read about 48,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Gary Burton
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, Gary Burton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tom Beetz @ http://home.hetnet.nl/~tbeetz/index.html, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
