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Joe Thornton, a Rare card
Joseph Eric Thornton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 280,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Joe Thornton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Joe Thornton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
During the 2005–06 season, he was traded to the ______.
Answer
Sharks. During the 2005–06 season, he was traded to the Sharks. From the Joe Thornton article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was selected first overall by the Bruins in the ____ NHL entry draft and went on to play seven seasons with the club, three as its captain.
Answer
1990s. He was selected first overall by the Bruins in the 1997 NHL entry draft and went on to play seven seasons with the club, three as its captain. From the Joe Thornton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Autobahn. Autobahn 87 · Qingdao 83 · Joe Thornton 79 · Ahmed I 73 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 for the Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League.
- He was selected first overall by the Bruins in the 1997 NHL entry draft and went on to play seven seasons with the club, three as its captain.
- During the 2005–06 season, he was traded to the Sharks.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Joe Thornton article was read about 280,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Joe Thornton
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.
More Society cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Joe Thornton in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Ahmed IRare · History · ATK 73 DEF 91
- AutobahnRare · Society · ATK 87 DEF 77
- History of photographyRare · History · ATK 80 DEF 84
- QingdaoRare · Society · ATK 83 DEF 81
- Binomial nomenclatureRare · Science · ATK 79 DEF 85
- DonetskRare · Society · ATK 85 DEF 79
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Joe Thornton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : mark6mauno, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
