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Uncommon card · History
George Mikan, an Uncommon card
George Lawrence Mikan Jr., nicknamed "Mr. Basketball", was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League and the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBL, the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball Association.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 166
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 200,000
Power 166 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
George Mikan quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Mikan card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Through his size and play, he redefined ______ as a game dominated in his day by "big men".
Answer
basketball. Through his size and play, he redefined basketball as a game dominated in his day by "big men". From the George Mikan article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Ireland. History of Ireland 87 · Sergio García 83 · Bassem Youssef 80 · George Mikan 77 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.
- Invariably playing with thick, round spectacles, the 6 ft 10 in, 245 lb Mikan was one of the pioneers of professional basketball.
- Through his size and play, he redefined basketball as a game dominated in his day by "big men".
- His prolific rebounding, shot blocking, and ability to shoot over smaller defenders with his ambidextrous hook shot all helped to change the game.
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 Mikan article was read about 200,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get George Mikan
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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The cards just above and just below George Mikan in the power ranking, all domains together.
- TaoRare · Society · ATK 79 DEF 87
- Bassem YoussefRare · History · ATK 80 DEF 86
- Frank ThomasRare · History · ATK 79 DEF 87
- Kuwait CityRare · Society · ATK 77 DEF 89
- Mark BurnettUncommon · Arts · ATK 82 DEF 84
- Sergio GarcíaUncommon · Society · ATK 83 DEF 83
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Mikan (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
