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Uncommon card · Society
James Shields, an Uncommon card
James Anthony Shields, nicknamed "Big Game James", is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 29,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
James Shields quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the James Shields card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
He was an All Star in ____.
Answer
2010s. He was an All Star in 2011. From the James Shields article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Therese Johaug. Therese Johaug 83 · Liquid–liquid extraction 75 · James Shields 68 · Costume 65 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 played in Major League Baseball for the Tampa Bay Rays from 2006 through 2012, the Kansas City Royals in 2013 and 2014, the San Diego Padres in 2015 and 2016, and the Chicago White Sox from 2016 to 2018.
- He was an All Star in 2011.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The James Shields article was read about 29,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get James Shields
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 Shields in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Feodor ChaliapinUncommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 59
- MaarUncommon · Nature · ATK 69 DEF 59
- ClimatologyUncommon · Science · ATK 68 DEF 60
- Liquid–liquid extractionUncommon · Science · ATK 75 DEF 53
- Mbuji-MayiUncommon · Society · ATK 68 DEF 60
- Military macawUncommon · Nature · ATK 63 DEF 65
Card lists
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, James Shields (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
