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Epic card · Society
George Best, an Epic card
George Best was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a right winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 920,000
Power 183 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
George Best quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Best card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was named European ______ of the Year in 1968 and came fifth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote.
Answer
Footballer. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968 and came fifth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. From the George Best article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Martinique. Martinique 95 · Odell Beckham Jr. 92 · George Best 87 · Platypus 83 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Justin Verlander. Justin Verlander 1,700,000 · Odell Beckham Jr. 1,300,000 · George Best 920,000 · Lisbon 730,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- A skillful dribbler, he is considered one of the greatest players of all time, along with being considered one of the most talented to play.
- He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968 and came fifth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote.
- Best received plaudits for his playing style, which combined pace, skill, balance, feints, the ability to get past defenders and goalscoring.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Best article was read about 920,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get George Best
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 Best (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bert Verhoeff for Anefo , NL-HaNA, ANEFO / neg. stroken, 1945-1989, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
