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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, a Rare card
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 88
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 187
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 300,000
Power 187 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his involvement in the Second Boer War, and his central role in the early part of the First World War.
- Kitchener was credited in 1898 for having won the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan, for which he was made Baron Kitchener of Khartoum.
- As Chief of Staff in the Second Boer War he played a key role in Lord Roberts' conquest of the Boer Republics, then succeeded Roberts as commander-in-chief – by which time Boer forces had taken to guerrilla fighting and British forces imprisoned Boer and African civilians in concentration camps.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener article was read about 300,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 88 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

