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Uncommon card · History
George Herbert, an Uncommon card
George Herbert was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 61,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
George Herbert quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Herbert card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He received a good education that led to his ______ to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1609.
Answer
admission. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1609. From the George Herbert article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Coast guard. Coast guard 82 · Dhofar rebellion 79 · Gilan province 76 · George Herbert 73 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.
- His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born in Wales into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England.
- He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1609.
- He enrolled intending to become a priest, but became the University's Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I. He sat in the Parliament of England in 1624 and briefly in 1625.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Herbert article was read about 61,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get George Herbert
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below George Herbert in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Coast guardUncommon · History · ATK 82 DEF 72
- Gilan provinceUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 78
- Commodity marketUncommon · Science · ATK 79 DEF 75
- Equivalence principleUncommon · Science · ATK 77 DEF 77
- Jean-François LyotardUncommon · Science · ATK 80 DEF 74
- Jim MarshallUncommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 82
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Herbert (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Robert White, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
