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James Busby, a Common card
James Busby was the British Resident in New Zealand from 1833 to 1840.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 101
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 101 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
James Busby quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the James Busby card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was involved in drafting the 1835 Declaration of the ______ of New Zealand and the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.
Answer
Independence. He was involved in drafting the 1835 Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand and the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. From the James Busby article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Russian submarine Rostov-na-Donu. Russian submarine Rostov-na-Donu 65 · Antoine Destutt de Tracy 61 · James Busby 56 · Hyundai County 53 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.
- He was involved in drafting the 1835 Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand and the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.
- As British Resident, he acted as New Zealand's first jurist and the "originator of law in Aotearoa", to whom New Zealand "owes almost all of its underlying jurisprudence".
- Busby is regarded as the father of the Australian wine industry, as he brought the first collection of vine stock from Spain and France to Australia.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The James Busby article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get James Busby
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 James Busby in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Jan JohanssonCommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 43
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- John DeussCommon · Society · ATK 58 DEF 43
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, James Busby (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
