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Common card · History
João da Nova, a Common card
João da Nova was a Galician-born explorer in the service of Portugal.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is credited as the discoverer of Ascension and Saint Helena islands.
- The Juan de Nova Island, in the Mozambique Channel, is named after him.
- The Farquhar atoll was, for a long time, known as the João da Nova islands.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The João da Nova article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get João da Nova
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, João da Nova (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
