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George Back, a Common card

Admiral Sir George Back was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer of the Canadian Arctic, naturalist and artist.

From the Wikipedia article

Rarity
Common
Domain
History
ATK
62
DEF
42
Power
104
Wikipedia reads a year
8,300

Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.

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George Back quiz: 3 questions

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

  1. Find the missing word

    Admiral Sir George Back was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer of the ______ Arctic, naturalist and artist.

    Answer

    Canadian. Admiral Sir George Back was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer of the Canadian Arctic, naturalist and artist. From the George Back article on Wikipedia.

  2. Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?

    Answer

    Robert Bartini. Robert Bartini 67 · George Back 62 · Bernard Rawlings 59 · Wright Cycle Company 55 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.

Why it is Common

Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Back article was read about 8,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.

How to get George Back

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, George Back (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lovell and Reeve, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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