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Epic card · Society
John Virgo, an Epic card
John Trevor Virgo was an English professional snooker player and broadcaster.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 560,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
John Virgo quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Virgo card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He retired from ______ play in 1994.
Answer
professional. He retired from professional play in 1994. From the John Virgo article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Michael Chang. Michael Chang 82 · John Virgo 77 · Hijackers in the September 11 attacks 73 · Falafel 70 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Dawood Ibrahim. Dawood Ibrahim 3,500,000 · Hijackers in the September 11 attacks 1,200,000 · Independence Day 750,000 · John Virgo 560,000 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.
- After achieving success as an amateur, Virgo turned professional in 1976 at age 30 and won four professional titles during his career, including the 1979 UK Championship, where he defeated the reigning World Champion Terry Griffiths 14–13 in the final.
- A runner-up at the 1980 Champion of Champions, he was a semi-finalist at the 1979 World Championship and the 1986 British Open.
- He retired from professional play in 1994.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Virgo article was read about 560,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get John Virgo
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 Virgo in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Sean HayesEpic · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 74
- FalafelEpic · Society · ATK 70 DEF 79
- Michael BoltonEpic · Arts · ATK 74 DEF 75
- Kevin SorboEpic · Arts · ATK 76 DEF 73
- HedgehogRare · Nature · ATK 72 DEF 77
- John PodestaEpic · History · ATK 73 DEF 76
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
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- Society cards
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Virgo (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Julia from birmingham, england, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
