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Indie music, an Uncommon card
Independent music is a broad style of music characterized by creative freedom, low budgets, and a do-it-yourself approach to music creation.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 158
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 34,000
Power 158 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Indie music quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Indie music card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It originated from the ______ afforded by independent record labels.
Answer
liberties. It originated from the liberties afforded by independent record labels. From the Indie music article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Data and information visualization. Data and information visualization 83 · John Singleton Copley 78 · George Antheil 74 · Indie music 70 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.
- It originated from the liberties afforded by independent record labels.
- Indie music describes a number of related styles, but generally refers to guitar-oriented music that deviates from mainstream conventions.
- There are a number of subgenres of independent music which combine its characteristics with other genres, such as indie pop, indie rock, indie folk, and indie electronic.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Indie music article was read about 34,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Indie music
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, Indie music (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : LiquidMolly, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
