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James Yorkston, an Uncommon card
James Yorkston is a Scottish folk musician, singer-songwriter and author from the village of Kingsbarns, Fife.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 18,000
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
James Yorkston quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the James Yorkston card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He has been ______ music since 2001.
Answer
releasing. He has been releasing music since 2001. From the James Yorkston article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
James Yorkston. James Yorkston 18,000 · Muhal Richard Abrams 10,000 · Elisabet Ney 7,900 · Miguel and the Living Dead 480 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 has been releasing music since 2001.
- As well as recording as a solo artist, he has released music with his backing band the Athletes, as part of the Fence Collective, and as a member of the trio Yorkston/Thorne/Khan.
- He has also written fiction and non-fiction books.
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 Yorkston article was read about 18,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get James Yorkston
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, James Yorkston (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Michael Gallacher, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
