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John Pell, a Common card
John Pell was an English mathematician and political agent abroad.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,200
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
John Pell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Pell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was also a compeer and ______ of René Descartes and Thomas Hobbes.
Answer
correspondent. He was also a compeer and correspondent of René Descartes and Thomas Hobbes. From the John Pell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
JBVO. JBVO 65 · John Pell 62 · Lott Cary 59 · Deep Springs, California 55 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 was made Royal Chair of Mathematics at Orange College by the Prince of Orange, and was under the patronage of Sir Charles Cavendish.
- He was also a compeer and correspondent of René Descartes and Thomas Hobbes.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Pell article was read about 5,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get John Pell
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below John Pell in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Deep Springs, CaliforniaCommon · Society · ATK 55 DEF 49
- Dries BuytaertCommon · Science · ATK 60 DEF 44
- James ManningCommon · History · ATK 62 DEF 42
- Jorge TaianaCommon · History · ATK 62 DEF 42
- Leader of the OppositionCommon · History · ATK 65 DEF 39
- Raven KlaasenCommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 32
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Pell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Godfrey Kneller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
