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Uncommon card · History
Juan Sebastián Elcano, an Uncommon card
Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Spanish navigator, ship-owner and explorer best known for having completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the ship Victoria on the Magellan expedition to the Spice Islands.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 100,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The expedition had orders to return through the Pacific Ocean, remaining in the Spanish hemisphere.
- Elcano's decision to continue westward across the Indian Ocean led to the circumnavigation.
- He received recognition for his achievement by Charles V of Spain with a coat of arms bearing a globe and the Latin motto Primus circumdedisti me.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Juan Sebastián Elcano article was read about 100,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Juan Sebastián Elcano
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Juan Sebastián Elcano (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
