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Gwyn Thomas, a Common card
Gwyn "Jocko" Thomas was a crime reporter with CFRB and the Toronto Star.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 41
- DEF
- 18
- Power
- 59
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 500
Power 59 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
Gwyn Thomas quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gwyn Thomas card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
After one year of high school, Thomas was hired by the Toronto Star as a ______ in 1929.
Answer
copyboy. After one year of high school, Thomas was hired by the Toronto Star as a copyboy in 1929. From the Gwyn Thomas article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Born in Toronto, Thomas began his news career as a newsboy at the corner of Bathurst Street and Bloor Street in ____.
Answer
1920s. Born in Toronto, Thomas began his news career as a newsboy at the corner of Bathurst Street and Bloor Street in 1925. From the Gwyn Thomas article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Andreas Heumann. Andreas Heumann 46 · Gwyn Thomas 41 · B. F. Jones House 37 · One Oak, Frognal 33 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.
- Born in Toronto, Thomas began his news career as a newsboy at the corner of Bathurst Street and Bloor Street in 1925.
- After one year of high school, Thomas was hired by the Toronto Star as a copyboy in 1929.
- He worked his way as a general reporter in the early 1930s to becoming the paper's crime reporter by 1939.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gwyn Thomas article was read about 500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 41 and blocks with 18: each hit it takes is cut by 7 %.
How to get Gwyn Thomas
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, Gwyn Thomas (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
