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Epic card · History
James Cook, an Epic card
Captain James Cook was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 94
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 194
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 970,000
Ranked #32 of 3,000 cards by power (ATK + DEF) in the base set.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He completed the first recorded circumnavigation of the main islands of New Zealand, and led the first recorded visit by Europeans to the east coast of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands.
- Cook joined the British merchant navy as a teenager before enlisting in the Royal Navy in 1755.
- He first saw combat during the Seven Years' War, when he fought in the Siege of Louisbourg.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The James Cook article was read about 970,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 94 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get James Cook
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 3 hours, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, James Cook (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
