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John Law, an Uncommon card
John Law was a Scottish-French economist and financier.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 76,000
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He rose to power in France where he created a novel financial scheme for French public finances known as Law's System with two institutions at its core, John Law's Bank and John Law's Company, ending in the devastating boom and bust "Mississippi Bubble" of 1720.
- Born in Scotland, Law was an accomplished gambler with an interest in the rules of probability.
- After killing a man in a duel and being sentenced to death, he fled to mainland Europe.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Law article was read about 76,000 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 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get John Law
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Law (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rama, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.