João Gonçalves Zarco, a Common card

João Gonçalves Zarco was a Portuguese explorer who established settlements and recognition of the Madeira Islands, and was appointed first captain of Funchal by Henry the Navigator.
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Rarity: Common
Domain: History
ATK: 49
DEF: 31
Power: 80
Wikipedia reads a year: 10,000

Power 80 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.

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The facts on the card

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João Gonçalves Zarco was a Portuguese explorer who established settlements and recognition of the Madeira Islands, and was appointed first captain of Funchal by Henry the Navigator.

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 Gonçalves Zarco article was read about 10,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 49 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.

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Text : Wikipedia, João Gonçalves Zarco (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nicolau Ferreira (attributed), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.