Jean Sylvain Bailly, an Uncommon card

Jean Sylvain Bailly was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution.
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Rarity: Uncommon
Domain: Science
ATK: 66
DEF: 65
Power: 131
Wikipedia reads a year: 21,000

Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.

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He presided over the Tennis Court Oath, served as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791, and was ultimately guillotined during the Reign of Terror.

Why it is Uncommon

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Text : Wikipedia, Jean Sylvain Bailly (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jean-Laurent Mosnier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.