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Uncommon card · History
John Morrissey, an Uncommon card
John Morrissey, also known as Old Smoke, was an Irish American politician, bare-knuckle boxing champion, and criminal.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 66,000
Power 133 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
John Morrissey quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Morrissey card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He became a ______ gambler, owning gambling houses in New York City in the 1850s and 1860s.
Answer
professional. He became a professional gambler, owning gambling houses in New York City in the 1850s and 1860s. From the John Morrissey article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Pharmacokinetics. Pharmacokinetics 74 · John Morrissey 70 · Orangery 67 · Dagobert I 64 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 became a bare-knuckle boxer, challenging Yankee Sullivan, who was then recognized as the American boxing champion.
- Though Sullivan beat Morrissey up, the referee declared Morrissey the winner due to him not partaking in the onlooker brawl that happened near the end of the match.
- He became a professional gambler, owning gambling houses in New York City in the 1850s and 1860s.
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 Morrissey article was read about 66,000 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 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get John Morrissey
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 Morrissey (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mathew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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