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John McCain, a Legendary card
John Sidney McCain III was an American politician and naval officer who represented Arizona in the United States Congress for over 35 years, first as a U.S. representative from 1983 to 1987, then as a U.S. senator from 1987 until his death in 2018.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 100
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 198
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,300,000
Power 198 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
John McCain quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John McCain card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He became a naval aviator and flew ground-attack aircraft from aircraft ______.
Answer
carriers. He became a naval aviator and flew ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. From the John McCain article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the ____ presidential election.
Answer
2000s. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 2008 presidential election. From the John McCain article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Donald Trump. Donald Trump 20,000,000 · Martin Luther King Jr. 3,300,000 · Hugo Chávez 2,300,000 · John McCain 1,300,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 2008 presidential election.
- Born into the prominent McCain family in the Panama Canal Zone, McCain graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 and received a commission in the U.S. Navy.
- He became a naval aviator and flew ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John McCain article was read about 1,300,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 100 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get John McCain
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.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John McCain (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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